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Added 9 October 2026

cryptogam

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about cryptogam at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”).

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