cryp·to·gam (kr p t -g m )n. A member of a formerly recognized taxonomic group that included all seedless plants and plantlike organisms, such as mosses, algae, ferns, and fungi. [From New Latin Cryptogamia, former group name : crypto- + -gamia, -gamy.] cryp to·gamic, cryp·toga·mous (-t g-ms) adj. |
cryptogam [ˈkrɪptəʊˌgæm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns Compare phanerogam
[from New Latin Cryptogamia, from crypto- + Greek gamos marriage]
cryptogamic , cryptogamous [krɪpˈtɒgəməs] adj
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| Noun | 1. | cryptogam - formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi thallophyte - any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf |
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