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Cryptogamia

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Cryp`to`ga´mi`a    (kr?p`t?-g?´m?-?)
n.1.(Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.
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Noun1.Cryptogamia - in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
Phanerogamae - in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all seed-bearing plants; superseded by the division Spermatophyta


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The wreath from the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union was a reindeer moss - a tribute to another of his botanical interests, cryptogamia, plants that reproduce by spores.
 
 
 
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