Associations to the word «Cryptogam»

Wiktionary

CRYPTOGAM, noun. Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.

Dictionary definition

CRYPTOGAM, noun. Formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi.

Wise words

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Robert Louis Stevenson