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Word: Cryptogam
Speech Type: Noun
late 18th century: from French cryptogame, from modern Latin cryptogamae (plantae), denoting non-flowering plants, from Greek kruptos ‘hidden’ + gamos ‘marriage’ (because the means of reproduction was not apparent)
ˈkrɪptə(ʊ)ɡam
a plant that has no true flowers or seeds, including ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, algae, and fungi.
Short Definition:plant that has no true flowers or seeds, including ferns, mosses, liverworts
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