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

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptogam

cryptococcal
cryptococcal meningitis
cryptococci
cryptococcoma
cryptococcoses
cryptococcosis
cryptococcosis
Cryptococcus
cryptococcus
cryptococcus neoformans
cryptocoryne
cryptocrystalline
Cryptocystis trichodectis
cryptodidymus
cryptogam (current term)
cryptogam (current term)
Cryptogamia
Cryptogamia
cryptogamic
cryptogamous
cryptogams
cryptogenic
cryptogenic
cryptogenic cirrhosis
cryptogenic epilepsy
cryptogenic infection
cryptogenic pyaemia
cryptogenic septicaemia
cryptogram
Cryptogramma

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