phanerogam Bot.
(ˈfænərəʊˌgæm)
[a. F. phanérogame (adj. Ventenat 1799, De Candolle 1813; n. Brongniart 1828), in mod.L. phanerogam-us adj. f. Gr. ϕανερό-ς, phanero- + γάµος marriage, sexual union.]
A phanerogamic or flowering plant. (Opposed to cryptogam.) Chiefly in plural.
In pl. phanerogams = mod.L. Phanerogamæ, plantæ phanerogamæ (Humboldt, Nova Gen. et Sp. Plant., 1815).
| 1861 L. Stephen tr. Berlepsch's Alps 47 The weak soft cellular tissue of nearly all the other phanerogams. 1889 J. S. Van Cleve in Literature (N.Y.) 2 Feb. 261 The flora..includes 1080 phanerogams and 1800 cryptogams. |