phænogam, phe-Bot.|ˈfiːnəgæm|[f.mod.L. phænogama, sc.vegetabilia (Willdenow 1804), or phænogamæ (sc.plantæ), f.Gr. ϕαινο- showing + γάµος marriage, sexual union; in Ger.phanogamenn.pl. (Rudolphi 1807).]A flowering plant; = phanerogam. So phænoˈgamian, phænoˈgamic|fɛ-|adjs.= phanerogamic; phæˈnogamousa., producing flowers, flowering; = phanerogamous.1846Lindley Veg.Kingd.Pref. 17 The substitution of the words Monocotyledons,..Cryptogams, *Phænogams, etc., for Monocotyledones,..Cryptogamæ, Phænogamæ, &c.1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §8. 13 The word Phænogams is very generally used as a collective term for flowering plants.1828–32Webster, *Phenogamian, having the essential organs of fructification visible.1808S. F. Gray in Monthly Mag. XXIV. 612 *Phœnogamic [sic], or phænogamous, is a word much used by the German botanists in contradistinction to cryptogamic, and from its convenience begins to be adopted here.1841Douglas in Proc.Berw.Nat. Club I. 249 Additions to the phenogamic Flora of the district.1808*Phænogamous [see phænogamic above].1814R. Brown Bot. Terra Austral. 4 Phænogamous plants.1821S. F. Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. I. 43 Phenogamous..the sexual organs very distinct and visible.1830Sir W. Hooker (title) British Flora, comprising the Phænogamous, or Flowering Plants, and Ferns.1885G. L. Goodale Physiol.Bot. (1892) 3 Division of the vegetable Kingdom..into..Phaenogamous (or Phanerogamous) or Flowering, and Cryptogamous or Flowerless Plants.