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cryptogam

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡæm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krip′tə gam′)

cryp•to•gam (krip′tə gam′),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]

Botanyany of the Cryptogamia, a former primary division of plants that have no true flowers or seeds and that reproduce by spores, as the ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.

Neo-Latin Cryptogamia. See crypto-, -gamy
1840–50;

cryp•tog′a•mist, n.
cryp•tog′a•my, n.

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cryptogam /ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡæm/ n

(in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
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Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Cryptogamia, from crypto- + Greek gamos marriageˌcryptoˈgamic, cryptogamous /krɪpˈtɒɡəməs/ adj

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