phanerogam
/ˈfænəroʊˌɡæm/
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- A plant that produces seeds; a flowering plant or conifer (as opposed to a cryptogam like a fern or moss).
- The textbook divided plants into phanerogams and cryptogams based on their reproductive structures.
- Most garden flowers are phanerogams, reproducing through seeds.
- In biology class, we learned that an oak tree is a phanerogam because it produces acorns.
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