cryptogamist

noun Botany.

any of the Cryptogamia, a former primary division of plants that have no true flowers or seeds and that reproduce by spores, as the ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.

Origin:
1840–50; < Neo-Latin Cryptogamia. See crypto-, -gamy

Related forms

cryp·to·gam·ic, cryp·tog·a·mous

[krip-tog-uh-muh

s] , cryp·to·gam·i·cal, adjective

cryp·tog·a·mist, noun

cryp·tog·a·my, noun

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cryptogam (ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡæm)

—n
	Compare phanerogam (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns

[C19: from New Latin Cryptogamia, from crypto- + Greek gamos marriage]

crypto'gamic

—*adj*

cryptogamous

—*adj*

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