endogen
/ˈɛndədʒən/
noun
- A plant that grows from within, such as a monocotyledon, with stems that increase in size by internal growth.
- Botany students learned that an endogen like a palm tree does not have the same ring structure as an oak.
- The teacher explained that grasses are endogens because their stems grow from the inside.
- Unlike an exogen, an endogen does not add new layers of wood on the outside each year.
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