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Meaning of phanerogam | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈfænəɹəɡæm/

Definitions

Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).

Equivalents

Deutsch Samenpflanze
Suomi siemenkasvi
Français phanérogame
Italiano spermatofita
Nederlands zaadplant

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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