Definition of cryptogamia Cryptogamia
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What does cryptogamia mean?
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| cryptogamia - in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi | ||
| division the act or process of dividing | ||
| kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cryptogamia (n.)
The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cryptogamia
krip-to-gā′mi-a, n. the class of flowerless plants, or those which have their fructification concealed.—n. Cryp′togam.—adjs. Cryptogā′mian, Cryptogam′ic, Cryptog′amous.—ns. Cryptog′amist; Cryptog′amy. [Gr. kryptos, concealed, and gamos, marriage.]
Part of speech
🔤- cryptogamia, noun, singular of cryptogamias / cryptogamiae.
