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Webster 1913 Edition


Phanerogamia


Phanˊer-o-ga′mi-a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
φανερόσ
visible (fr.
φαίνειν
to bring to light) +
γάμοσ
marriage.]
(Bot.)
That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.