Definition of Cryptogam in English :

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Cryptogam meaning in English

Meaning of Cryptogam in English

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Cryptogam pronunciation in English

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Cryptogam

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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

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Cryptogam

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noun
(in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
Compare phanerogam

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Cryptogam

see synonyms of cryptogam
noun
a plant that bears no flowers or seeds but propagates by means of spores, as algae, mosses, ferns, etc.

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Cryptogam

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n.
A member of a formerly recognized taxonomic group that included all seedless plants and plantlike organisms, such as mosses, algae, ferns, lichens, and fungi.

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