Aëtheogam
Full definition of aëtheogam
Noun
aëtheogam
(plural aëtheogams)- 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