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Phanerogam

//ˈfænəɹəɡæm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).

    "Among phanerogams (seed plants), only two orders of gymnosperms, the Cycadales and the Ginkgoales, have ciliated motile sperm cells; all others (higher gymnosperms and angiosperms) have nonmotile sperm cells or sperm nuclei."

  2. 2
    plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”); compare cryptogam.

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