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Exogen

Ex′o-gen

,
Noun.
[
Exo-
+
-gen
: cf. F.
exogène
.]
(Bot.)
A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf.
Endogen
.
Gray.

Definition 2024


exogen

exogen

English

Noun

exogen (plural exogens)

  1. (botany) A plant characterized by wood, bark and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and growth only occurring on the outside.
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