Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. ? extreme, high + -gen.] Acrogen
\Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.] (Bot.)
A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the
ferns, etc. See {Cryptogamia}.
{The Age of Acrogens} (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the
carboniferous era.
Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. ? extreme, high + -gen.] Acrogen
\Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.] (Bot.)
A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the
ferns, etc. See {Cryptogamia}.
{The Age of Acrogens} (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the
carboniferous era.
Source : WordNet®
acrogen
n : any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss
(bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the
main stem