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photogenes

photogenes is the plural of photogene.

Meaning of photogene

Noun (1)

photogene (plural photogenes)

  1. (obsolete) A photograph.
  2. (archaic) An afterimage.
    • In youth , the visual apparatus is so quickly restored to its state of integrity , that many of these photogenes, as they are called , cannot be perceived .1864-1898, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology

Noun (2)

photogene (plural photogenes)

  1. A gene involved in photosynthesis.

Questions about photogenes

What is photogenes the plural of?
Photogenes is the plural of photogene.

Words near photogenes in the dictionary

  1. photogelatin
  2. photogen
  3. photogene
  4. photogenerated
  5. photogeneration
  6. photogenes
  7. photogenesis
  8. photogenetic
  9. photogenia
  10. photogenic
  11. photogenically

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