Definition of Exogens

1. Noun. (plural of exogen) ¹

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Definition of Exogens

1. exogen [n] - See also: exogen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exogens

exogenic
exogenic toxicosis
exogenism
exogenisms
exogenote
exogenous
exogenous DNA
exogenous creatinine clearance
exogenous cycle
exogenous depression
exogenous fibres
exogenous obesity
exogenous ochronosis
exogenous pigmentation
exogenously
exogens (current term)
exogeny
exogeography
exogeology
exogeomorphology
exoglossic
exoglycosidase
exoglycosidases
exogyra
exokernel
exokernels
exolete
exolever
exolingual

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. ..."

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