aetheogam
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀήθης (aēthēs, “unusual”) + γάμος (gamos, “marriage”).[1]
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Noun[edit]
aetheogam (plural aetheogams)
- (botany) A cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia, having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.
Usage notes[edit]
- Being derived from the two vowels ἀή (alpha-eta: aē), rather than the diphthong αἰ (alpha-iota: ai), the initial ae- of aetheogam can only properly be written as two separate letters (ae), with a diæresis atop the e (as aëtheogam) being optional; the spellings *ætheogam and *etheogam are, therefore, erroneous.
Derived terms[edit]
- aetheogamous (botany)
