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Phanerogam
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Seed plant.
The term phanerogam or phanerogamae is derived from Ancient Greekφανερός (phanerós), meaning "visible", in contrast to the term "cryptogam" or "cryptogamae" (from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós) 'hidden', and γαμέω (gaméō), 'to marry'). These terms distinguish those plants with hidden sexual organs (cryptogamae) from those with visible ones (phanerogamae).