Meaning of cryptogam

cryp•to•gam

Pronunciation: (krip'tu-gam"), [key]

— n. Bot.

any 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.

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See also:

cryptogam (Thesaurus)

cryptocrystalline cryptogenic

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