Definition of "phanerogamic" []

• That reproduces via seeds (rather than spores) (adjective)

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• "Diversity and origins of the phanerogamic flora of Mexico."
• "His activity was by no means confined to palaeobotany, but extended into all branches of botany, more particularly anatomy and phanerogamic taxonomy."
• "In the Miocene period especially, the similarity of the types of phanerogamic plants with their present offspring, becomes so striking that in a large number of cases specific distinctions rest in greater part on theoretical conceptions rather than on real facts."