Aëtheogam

Full definition of aëtheogam

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of aetheogam
• 1839, John Lindley, School Botany, volume ix, page 151:Aëtheogams, plants furnished with air vessels and stomates or air pores.
• 1900, Benjamin Daydon Jackson, A Glossary of Botanic Terms: With Their Derivation and Accent, page 7 ^〃 (4

• aëtheʹos (ἀήθης, unusual), in compounds = unusual ; aëtheogamʹic, aëtheogʹamous (γάμος, marriage), synonymous with cryptogamic.

Usage notes

For spelling considerations, see aetheogam#Usage notes.

Derived terms

• aëtheogamous botany

Synonyms

• cryptogam