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cryptogamic

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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.
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Adj.1.cryptogamic - of or relating to a cryptogam
cryptogamous
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