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Definition of Cryptogramma
1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae
Member holonyms: Rock Brake, American Parsley Fern, American Rock Brake, Cryptogramma Acrostichoides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptogramma
Literary usage of Cryptogramma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"air^ l6- Cryptogramma R. Br. App. Small mainly alpine or boreal ferns with
dimorphous leaves, ... Cryptogramma acrostichoides R. Br. App. Franklin's Journ. ..."
2. The Genera of Recent Mollusca: Arranged According to Their Organization by Henry Adams, Arthur Adams (1858)
"The animal of Cryptogramma is unknown; the shell is thick, solid, triangular and
... Species of Cryptogramma. flexuosa, Linn. squamosa, Linn. impressa, ..."
3. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"Pteris crispa, (Linn. MSS.); With. Arr. 764; Sm. EF iv. 319, EB 1160. Cryptogramma
crispa, Mack. Fl. Hib. 343; Franc. 57; Hook. and Am. 575. ..."
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