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acrogen |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. ? extreme, high + -gen.] Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.] (Bot.) A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc See {Cryptogamia}. {The Age of Acrogens} (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: acrogen n : any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
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