phanerogam noun. ['fan(ǝ)rǝ(ʊ)gam] M19.
[French phanérogame, mod. Latin phanerogamus, formed as PHANERO- + Greek gamos marriage, sexual union: so called because the reproductive organs were easily seen.]
Any plant of the division Phanerogamia (now disused), which embraced both angiosperms or true flowering plants and gymnosperms, together now more usu. known as spermatophytes or seed plants. Opp. CRYPTOGAM.

■ phanero'gamic adjective belonging to the Phanerogamia M19.

■ phane'rogamous adjective = phanerogamic E19.

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