Definition of Cryptocoryne

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia.

Exact synonyms: Water Trumpet
Group relationships: Genus Cryptocoryne
Generic synonyms: Aquatic Plant, Hydrophyte, Hydrophytic Plant, Water Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptocoryne

cryptobiosis
cryptobiotic
cryptobranchiate
cryptochiral
cryptochirality
cryptochrome
cryptochromes
cryptococcal
cryptococcal meningitis
cryptococci
cryptococcoma
cryptococcoses
cryptococcosis
cryptococcus
cryptococcus neoformans
cryptocoryne (current term)
cryptocracies
cryptocracy
cryptocrystalline
cryptodepression
cryptodepressions
cryptodidymus
cryptoexotic
cryptoexotics
cryptofascism
cryptofascist
cryptofascistic
cryptofascists
cryptogame

Literary usage of Cryptocoryne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"cryptocoryne ciliata. Amongst Monocotyledones analogous phenomena ' Karsten, (jt^cr die Mangrove-Vegetation im malayischen Archipel, in Bibliotheca botanica ..."

2. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"In the cryptocoryne the annulations are not so frequent, and the drug is more slender than in the ..."

3. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"E.—Spadix included and jointed to the spathe by its top (cryptocoryne), or projecting and free ... cryptocoryne. ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"LHB GEORGE V. NASH, t cryptocoryne (Greek-made name, referring to the spadix being inclosed or hidden in the spatne). Syn. ..."

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