Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plant that produces seeds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a phanerogamic plant.
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- noun botany Any
plant that producesseeds (rather thanspores )
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- noun plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the large Djerid Basin, the central portion is covered by stands of Halocnemum strobilaceum (the most adapted phanerogam species) and then followed by vegetation belts of Salsola tetrandra, Suaeda mollis and Suaeda fruticosa.
Saharan halophytics 2008
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The sequence involves a decline in phanerogam genera from c. 1,400 in Papua New Guinea to c. 260 in both Tonga and Niue.
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The Solomon group contains almost 650 species of phanerogam with 162, or 25% of the total not occurring on any other island to the east.
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The New Caledonia dry forests ecoregion contains 379 native plant species (phanerogam), 59 of which are found only in the dry forests.
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The still wider evolution, not of solitary individuals, but of all the individuals within each province -- in the vegetal world from the unicellular cryptogam to the highest phanerogam, in the animal world from the amorphous amœba to Man -- is at least suspected, the gradual rise of types being at all events a fact.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World Henry Drummond 1874
chained_bear commented on the word phanerogam
"'How I yearn to set foot on at least one of these islands,' said Martin. 'Such discoveries to be made in every realm! If the reptilian order can run to such extreme magnificence, what may we not expect from the coleoptera? From the butterflies, the phanerogams?'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 271
February 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word phanerogam
"'I should scarcely call myself a botanist,' said Stephen, 'though I did publish a little work on the phanerogams of Upper Ossory.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 85
March 6, 2008
sionnach commented on the word phanerogam
This reminds me of a series of books from my childhood, one of which was "An Leaba a d'imigh Huis go Bodhrais-an-Uisrigh" (The bed that went whoosh to Borris-on-Ossory). Each title in the series involved the magic bed that would go 'whoosh' and wake up at a different destination.
Oddly enough, I have no recollection where Borris-on-Ossory is located. I think maybe there was a round tower there.
March 6, 2008
reesetee commented on the word phanerogam
What a neat series that must have been! Far more comfortable than a magic carpet. :-)
March 6, 2008
treeseed commented on the word phanerogam
sionnach, I tried googling that title and am coming up empty handed. Who is the author and do you know if the books are still available and if there are English translations? They sound delightful.
March 6, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word phanerogam
"It was not until I had been some years in Ireland and had written my little work on the phanerogams of Upper Ossory that I came to understand how monstrously I had wasted my time."
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, p 36 of the Norton paperback edition
July 5, 2019