Meaning & use
Endogen
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In older botanical classification, a plant that grows by adding new tissue internally, such as monocotyledons like grasses and palms.
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Early botanists grouped palms and grasses together as endogens because of how their stems grow.
The textbook's outdated chapter still divides plants into endogens and exogens.
A note on using this word
The endogen/exogen classification, based on Greek endon ('within') and exo ('outside'), was largely replaced by the modern monocot/dicot system, so the term now appears mostly in historical botanical texts.
Words with an opposite meaning
exogen
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