What does acrogen mean?we found 3 entries for the meaning of acrogen
 

Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.]

(Bot.) A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia. [1913 Webster]

The Age of Acrogens (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

acrogen

noun

any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem

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Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. ? extreme, high + -gen.]

Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.]

(Bot.) A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. See Cryptogamia.

The Age of Acrogens (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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