acrogens

acrogens
n. (Botany) flowerless plant that grows only from the tip of the stem

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  • The Age of Acrogens — Acrogen Ac ro*gen, n. [Gr. a kros extreme, high + gen.] (Bot.) A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See {Cryptogamia}. [1913 Webster] {The Age of Acrogens} (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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