adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to plants that produce flowers and seeds (as opposed to cryptogams such as ferns and mosses)
Usage: botanical term; also called phanerogamous
Examples
- Phanerogamic plants dominate most terrestrial ecosystems.
- The botanist classified the specimen as phanerogamic because it produced visible flowers.
- Unlike ferns, phanerogamic plants reproduce through seeds.
- Most trees and flowering shrubs are phanerogamic organisms.
- The garden contained both phanerogamic and cryptogamic species.