| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| phanerogam |
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| SYLLABICATION: | phan·er·o·gam |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f n  r--gm , f-nâr- |
| NOUN: | A plant that produces seeds. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin phanerogamus : Greek phaneros, visible (from phainein, to cause to appear; see bh -1 in Appendix I) + Greek gamos, marriage; see –gamous. | | OTHER FORMS: | phaner·o·gamic, phaner·oga·mous (fn-r g-ms) —ADJECTIVE
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