Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phanerogam

/ˈfænəɹəɡæm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phanerogam
IPA: /ˈfænəɹəɡæm/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).

Example Sentences

"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."
"The stomach contents of the Selerikanka horse contained 116 taxa: 96 phanerogams, 20 cryptogams. Among the phanerogams were 12 tree species, 14 species of shrubs and dwarf-shrubs, as well as 72 species of herbs and very small dwarf-shrubs."
"Generally speaking, the ranges of most cryptogams are geographically broader than those of phanerogams, and many more species are widely disjunct over the world."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: φανερός

Inflected Forms

phanerogams (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

phanerogamian phanerogamic phanerogamous angiosperm gymnosperm Phanerogamae cryptogam

Synonyms

spermatophyte seed plant

Questions

How do you pronounce phanerogam?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfænəɹəɡæm/.
What does phanerogam mean?: Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
Where does phanerogam come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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