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phanerogam

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfænəɹəɡæm/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spermatophyte, seed plant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vascular plant, tracheophyte

Narrower terms: seedling, balsam, gymnosperm, angiosperm, flowering plant

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: fanerògama — plant that produces seeds
  • Catalan: espermatòfit — plant that produces seeds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顯花植物 /显花植物 (xiǎn huā zhí wù) — plant that produces seeds
  • Dutch: zaadplant — plant that produces seeds
  • Estonian: seemnetaim — plant that produces seeds
  • Faroese: fræplanta — plant that produces seeds
  • Finnish: siemenkasvi — plant that produces seeds
  • French: phanérogame — plant that produces seeds
  • German: Samenpflanze — plant that produces seeds
  • Ido: fanerogamo — plant that produces seeds
  • Italian: spermatofita — plant that produces seeds
  • Persian: پیدازا (peydāzā) — plant that produces seeds
  • Spanish: espermatofita — plant that produces seeds
  • Spanish: espermatófita — plant that produces seeds
  • Spanish: espermatofito — plant that produces seeds
  • Spanish: espermatófito — plant that produces seeds
  • Swedish: fröväxt — plant that produces seeds
  • Swedish: fanerogam — plant that produces seeds
  • Tagalog: butuhan — plant that produces seeds