Definition of "endogen" []

• A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. (noun)

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• "Smilax belongs to a transition class, partaking somewhat of the nature of endogen and of exogen."
• "The endogen in general use is the elai's, which is considered to supply a better and more delicate liquor than the raphia."
• "For drink, the denizen of the high table-land find his favourite beverage -- the rival of champagne -- in the core of the gigantic aloe; while he of the tropic coast-land refreshes himself from the juice of another native endogen, the acrocomia palm."