cryptogam

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cryptogam

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From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”).

noun cryptogams

Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts. 1956, George A. Llano, Botanical Research Essential to a Knowledge of Antarctica, A. P. Crary, L. M. Gould, E. O. Hulburt, Hugh Obishaw, Waldo E. Smith (editors), Antarctica in the International Geophysical Year, Geophysical Monograph Number 1, American Geophysical Union, page 124, In the absence of
Similar: aëtheogam

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noun plant

Español	criptógamo, criptógama
Português	criptógama
Deutsch	Kryptogame
Ελληνικά	κρυπτογάμη kryptogámi

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@misc{cryptogam_2026,
  title = {cryptogam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cryptogam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}