English

Noun

aëtheogam ‎(plural aëtheogams)

1. Alternative spelling of aetheogam
   • 1839, John Lindley, School Botany, volume ix, page 151:

     Aëtheogams, plants furnished with air vessels and stomates or air pores.

   • 1900, Benjamin Daydon Jackson, A Glossary of Botanic Terms: With Their Derivation and Accent, page 7 ^〃 (4^th Ed.; Duckworth):

     aëtheʹos (ἀήθης, unusual), in compounds = unusual ; aëtheogamʹic, aëtheogʹamous (γάμος, marriage), synonymous with cryptogamic.

Usage notes

• For spelling considerations, see aetheogam#Usage notes.

Derived terms

• aëtheogamous (botany)

Synonyms

• cryptogam