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cryptogam

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cryp·to·gam  (krpt-gm)
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.]
crypto·gamic, cryp·toga·mous (-tg-ms) adj.
cryptogam
Noun
Bot a plant that reproduces by spores not seeds [Greek kruptos hidden + gamos marriage]
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Noun1.cryptogam - formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
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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