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cryptogam

The English word “cryptogam” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”).

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