HyperDic: cryptogam

English > 1 sense of the word cryptogam:
NOUNplantcryptogamformerly recognized / recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores
English > cryptogam: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningformerly recognized / recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi.
NarrowerthallophyteAny of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf
Broaderplant, flora, plant life(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Spanishcriptógama, criptógamas, criptógamo, planta criptógama
Catalancriptògama, planta criptògama
Adjectivescryptogamic, cryptogamousof or relating to a cryptogam

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