aetheogamous

[Gr. ἀήθης ( acthes ) = unwonted, unusual, and γάμος ( gamos ) = marriage ] Bot. A term designed to describe the method of fructification in the lower forms of plants more accurately than the Linnæan word Cryptogamic. The latter term implied that these are "of concealed nuptials;" the former word expre es the idea that these nuptials are not secret, but only of an unusual character. e-thěr, s. [ETHER.]