noun
- Plural of endogen; plants that grow by internal addition of tissue, such as monocots (grasses, palms, lilies).
Usage: botanical; technical; largely historical; modern botany prefers 'monocots'
Examples
- Early botanists classified endogens as plants with a single cotyledon.
- Grasses and palms are examples of endogens.
- The term endogens is rarely used in modern botanical classification.
- Endogens lack the growth rings found in exogens.
- Corn and wheat, as endogens, have fibrous root systems.