Definition
A plant that grows only from its tip or apex, adding new cells exclusively at the top, such as mosses and ferns (also called thallogens).
Etymology
From Greek 'akron' (tip) + 'gen' (producing, origin). A botanical term from the 1800s categorizing plants by their growth pattern.
Kelly Says
Acrogens like ferns reveal an ancient growth strategy—they've been using the same 'grow from the tip only' method for over 300 million years, which limits how tall they can get.
Translations
ARالعربية
أكروجن
ak-ro-jen
BNবাংলা
অ্যাক্রোজেন
ak-ro-jen
CACatalà
acrogen
a-kro-gen
CSČeština
acrogen
ak-ro-gen
DADansk
acrogen
a-kro-gen
DEDeutsch
Acrogen
ak-roh-gen
ELΕλληνικά
ακρογόνος
ak-ro-go-nos
ESEspañol
acrogeno
ak-roh-heh-noh
FISuomi
acrogen
a-kro-gen
FRFrançais
acrogène
ak-roh-jeen
HEעברית
אקרוגני
ak-ro-gni
HIहिन्दी
एक्रोजेन
ek-roh-jen
HUMagyar
acrogen
a-kro-gen
IDBahasa Indonesia
acrogen
a-kro-jen
ITItaliano
acrogeno
ak-roh-heh-noh
KMKM
អាក្រូហ្គិន
a-kro-gen
MSBahasa Melayu
acrogen
a-kro-jen
MYမြန်မာ
အကရိုဂျင်း
a-kro-jen
NLNederlands
acrogen
a-kro-gen
NONorsk
acrogen
a-kro-gen
PLPolski
acrogen
ak-ro-gen
PTPortuguês
acrogênico
ah-kro-heh-nee-koh
RORomână
acrogen
a-kro-gen
RUРусский
акроген
ak-ro-gen
SVSvenska
acrogen
a-kro-gen
SWKiswahili
acrogen
a-kro-jen
TAதமிழ்
அக்ரோஜென்
ak-ro-jen
TEతెలుగు
అక్రోజెన్
ak-ro-jen
THไทย
แอคโครเจน
aek-kro-jen
TRTürkçe
akrogen
ak-roh-jen
UKУкраїнська
а Crocker
a-kro-gen
VITiếng Việt
acrogen
a-kro-jen