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Definition of: cryptogam
(krip′tə·gam) noun Bot.
1. Any of a former division of plants (Cryptogamia) that have no true flowers, but propagate by spores, as algae, fungi, lichens, and mosses.
2. A plant lacking true seeds: opposed to phanerogam. Also cryp′to·phyte (-fīt). [<CRYPTO- + Gk. gamos marriage]
—cryp′to·gam′ic adjective
—cryp·tog·a·mous (krip·tog′ə·məs) adjective
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