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cryptogamia
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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]
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