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cryptocercus |
cryptococcosis |
cryptocoryne |
cryptocrystalline |
cryptogam
| cryptogamia
| cryptogamian
| cryptogamic
| cryptogamist
| cryptogamous
cryptogam
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cryptogam has 1 sense
- cryptogam(n = noun.plant) Array - formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi; Array is a kind of flora, plant, plant life
has particulars: thallophyte
Derived forms adjective cryptogamic1, adjective cryptogamous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
cryptogam, n. [Cf. F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia.].
A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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
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