Dictionary entry

Acrogen

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ac″ro‐gen (�), n. [Gr. ἄκροσ 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.