noun
- plants that produce flowers and seeds; flowering plants
Usage: botanical; technical
Examples
- Phanerogams include roses, oak trees, and grasses.
- The botanist studied the reproductive structures of various phanerogams.
- Most garden plants are phanerogams that produce visible flowers.
- Phanerogams are distinguished from ferns and mosses by their seed production.
- The forest contained both phanerogams and cryptogams.
- Students learned to classify phanerogams based on their flower characteristics.