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cryptogam

Noun

cryp=to=gam

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cryptogam(n = noun.plant) - formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi;

has particulars: thallophyte

Derived forms adjective cryptogamic₁, adjective cryptogamous₁

cryptogam, n. [Cf. F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia.].

A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow. [1913 Webster]

cryptogam, n. a plant that has no true flowers or seeds, e.g. ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi.

Derivative

cryptogamic adj. cryptogamous adj.

Etymology

F cryptogame f. mod.L cryptogamae (plantae) formed as CRYPTO- + Gk gamos marriage