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Exogen  n.  (Bot.) A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen.





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... whit roused from its apathy by the information that the primrose is a Dicotyledonous Exogen, with a monopetalous corolla and central placentation. But I advocate natural-history knowledge from this point of view, because it would lead us to seek the beauties of natural objects, instead of trusting to chance to force them on our attention. ...
— Science & Education • Thomas H. Huxley


Words linked to "Exogen" :   dicot, Magnoliopsida, angiosperm, cyrilla family, Malpighia obovata, Dicotyledonae, magnoliopsid, West Indian cherry, acerola, Cyrilliaceae, class Magnoliopsida, exogenic, family Cyrilliaceae, class Dicotyledonae, jiqui, Malpighia glabra, barbados cherry, flowering plant, titi family, Dicotyledones, surinam cherry


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