phanerogamous
Adjective (Botany): - Having visible reproductive structures: "phanerogamous" describes plants that produce flowers and seeds, with reproductive organs that are externally visible. This term refers to seed plants (spermatophytes), including both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (cone-bearing plants), as opposed to cryptogamous plants (such as ferns, mosses, and algae) which have hidden or inconspicuous reproductive structures.
- (Plants with visible reproductive organs.)
- (The branch of botany dealing with flowering and cone-bearing plants.)
"phanerogamous reproduction": the process of sexual reproduction in seed plants involving visible flowers or cones.
- Phanerogamous reproduction typically involves pollination and seed formation. (The reproductive cycle of seed plants.)
"phanerogamous division": a taxonomic grouping of plants that reproduce via seeds.
- The phanerogamous division includes all gymnosperms and angiosperms. (The seed plant group.)
Phanerogam (noun): a plant that is phanerogamous; a seed plant.
- A phanerogam is any plant that produces seeds. (A seed-bearing plant.)
Phanerogamic (adjective): an alternative form meaning the same as phanerogamous.
- Phanerogamic species dominate most terrestrial ecosystems. (Seed plants.)
- Seed-bearing: producing seeds as a means of reproduction.
- Flowering (broadly, for angiosperms): producing flowers.
- None common; "phanerogamous" is a technical botanical term with no idiomatic usage in everyday English.