English dictionary
exogen
/'/E/ks/@//dZ//@/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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. <u>Endogen</u>.
Source: webster1913