Definition for A-E-THE-OG'A-MOUS

A-E-THE-OG'A-MOUS, a. [Gr. αηθης, unusual, and γαμος, marriage.]

A word intended to express the unusual mode of propagation among the cryptogamic plants, on the supposition that this mode is not hidden, but unusual. – Brande.

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