Definition of exogen Exogen
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What does exogen mean?
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| exogen - flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | ||
| dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid | ||
| angiosperm, flowering plant plants having seeds in a closed ovary | ||
| class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae | ||
| jiqui, malpighia obovata Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture | ||
| malpighia glabra, acerola, barbados cherry, west indian cherry, surinam cherry acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- exogen (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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exogen
eks′o-jen, n. a plant belonging to the great class that increases by layers growing on the outside of the wood.—adj. Exog′enous (-oj′), growing by successive additions to the outside. [L. exō, outside, and gen, root of gignesthai, to be produced.]
