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phanerogams

phanerogams is the plural of phanerogam.

Meaning of phanerogam

Noun

phanerogam (plural phanerogams)

  1. Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
    • Among phanerogams (seed plants), only two orders of gymnosperms, the Cycadales and the Ginkgoales, have ciliated motile sperm cells; all others (higher gymnosperms and angiosperms) have nonmotile sperm cells or sperm nuclei.1977, Francesco D'Amato, Nuclear Cytology in Relation to Development, page 8
    Synonyms:
    spermatophyte

Questions about phanerogams

What is phanerogams the plural of?
Phanerogams is the plural of phanerogam.

Words near phanerogams in the dictionary

  1. phanerocrystalline
  2. phanerogam
  3. phanerogamian
  4. phanerogamic
  5. phanerogamous
  6. phanerogams
  7. phanerogamy
  8. phaneroglossal
  9. phaneromania
  10. phaneromanias
  11. phaneromeric

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