cryptogam
(noun) formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cryptogam (plural cryptogams)
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.
• (plant that reproduces using spores): aëtheogam
• phanerogam
Source: Wiktionary
Cryp"to*gam (krp"t-gm), n. Etym: [Cf. F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
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