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ENDOGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endogen mean? 

ENDOGEN (noun)
  The noun ENDOGEN has 1 sense:

1. a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its insideplay

  Familiarity information: ENDOGEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENDOGEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

endogen; liliopsid; monocot; monocotyledon

Hypernyms ("endogen" is a kind of...):

angiosperm; flowering plant (plants having seeds in a closed ovary)

Holonyms ("endogen" is a member of...):

class Liliopsida; class Monocotyledonae; class Monocotyledones; Liliopsida; Monocotyledonae; Monocotyledones (comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae)

Derivation:

endogenic (derived or originating internally)


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