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Acrogen

Ac′ro-gen

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἄκροσ
extreme, high +
-gen
.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See
Cryptogamia
.
The Age of Acrogens
(Geol.)
,
the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era.

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acrogen

acrogen

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Noun

acrogen (plural acrogens)

  1. (biology) any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns

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