| NOUN | plant | cryptogam | formerly recognized / recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores |
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| Meaning | formerly recognized / recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi. | |
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| Narrower | thallophyte | Any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf |
| Broader | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Spanish | criptógama, criptógamas, criptógamo, planta criptógama | |
| Catalan | criptògama, planta criptògama | |
| Adjectives | cryptogamic, cryptogamous | of or relating to a cryptogam |
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