Exogen

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(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.

Noun

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exogen - flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside Synonyms: dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid

acerola, angiosperm, barbados cherry, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, cyrilla family, Cyrilliaceae, dicot, dicotyledon, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, family Cyrilliaceae, flowering plant, jiqui, magnoliopsid, Magnoliopsida, Malpighia glabra, Malpighia obovata, Surinam cherry, titi family, West Indian cherry