cryptogamia

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cryptogamia has 1 sense

cryptogamia(n = noun.plant) - in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi;

is a kind of

division

is a member of kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae

Antonym: phanerogamae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cryptogamia, n. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage.].

The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. [1913 Webster]