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Definition of Exogens
1. exogen [n] - See also: exogen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exogens
Literary usage of Exogens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"If not present, go to the "Key to the Families of Apetalous exogens" and try that.
If the petals are present see whether they are wholly separate one from ..."
2. The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical by Louis Figuier (1869)
"Polypetalous exogens, having ... Trees or shrubby exogens, with non-stipulate,
alternate, or opposite \ CLXXVII \antho\vla- leaves; flowers axillary or ..."
3. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"If not present, go to the "Key to the Families of Apetalous exogens" and try that.
If the petals are present see whether they are wholly,separate one from ..."
4. A Class-book of Botany by Alphonso Wood (1851)
"The division of exogens (outside growers) includes all the trees and most of the
herbaceous plants of temperate climates, and is so named because the ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"... other changes due to the presence of oxygen. There also seems to be a close
chemical relationship between pus-corpuscles and yeast-cells. exogens AND ..."
6. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1890)
"... plants—Possible cause of sudden late appearance of exogens—Geological distribution
of insects—Geological succession of vertebrata—Concluding remarks. ..."
7. California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader for Children by Alice Merritt Davidson (1898)
"exogens, OR DICOTYLEDONS. How many seedlings can you recall with two seed- leaves
or cotyledons ? Aid your memories by turning to Figs. ..."