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cryptogam
[ krip-tuh-gam ]
noun
, Botany.
- 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.
cryptogam
/ krɪpˈtɒɡəməs; ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡæm /
noun
- (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns Compare phanerogam
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Derived Forms
- ˌcryptoˈgamic, adjective
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Other Words From
- crypto·gamic cryp·tog·a·mous [krip-, tog, -, uh, -m, uh, s], crypto·gami·cal adjective
- cryp·toga·mist noun
- cryp·toga·my noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cryptogam1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cryptogam1
C19: from New Latin Cryptogamia, from crypto- + Greek gamos marriage
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Example Sentences
The insect which seeks it does not come from a distance; it inhabits the places wherein the cryptogam is found.
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They mock at wounds who never confronted a foe more tangible than a Baconian cryptogam.
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This irritation induces abnormal proliferation of epithelium, upon which the spores of the cryptogam then germinate.
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The papilla continues to elongate and the cryptogam to increase, until finally it invades nearly the entire length of the papilla.
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In no plant belonging to this sub-kingdom—in no single cryptogam—is any flower ever developed.
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