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cryptogam

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Noun
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cryp=to=gam

CIDE DICTIONARY

cryptogamn. [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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