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Definition of Cryptogam
1. Noun. Formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi.
Generic synonyms: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Specialized synonyms: Thallophyte
Derivative terms: Cryptogamic, Cryptogamous
Specialized synonyms: Thallophyte
Derivative terms: Cryptogamic, Cryptogamous
Definition of Cryptogam
1. n. A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.
Definition of Cryptogam
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Medical Definition of Cryptogam
1. A plant whose sexual reproductive parts are not conspicuous, a plant that produces spores, not seeds, in its sexual reproductive cycle, for example ferns, mosses, algae. Compare: phanerogam. (09 Oct 1997)