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acrogen

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Noun
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ac=ro=gen

CIDE DICTIONARY

acrogenn. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.].
     A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia.  [1913 Webster]
The Age of Acrogens (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

acrogen, n. Bot. any non-flowering plant having a perennial stem with the growing point at its apex, e.g. a fern or moss.

Derivative
acrogenous adj.
Etymology
Gk akron tip + -GEN

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