Cryptogamous+plant
51Sporophore — Spo ro*phore (sp[=o] r[ o]*f[=o]r), n. [Spore + Gr. fe rein to bear.] (Bot.) (a) A placenta. (b) That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless… …
52cryptogam — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek kryptos + gamia gamy Date: 1847 a plant or plantlike organism (as a fern, moss, alga, or fungus) reproducing by spores and not producing flowers or seed • cryptogamic also cryptogamous adjective …
53cryptogam — [ krɪptə(ʊ)gam] noun Botany, dated a plant with no true flowers or seeds, such as a fern, moss, liverwort, lichen, alga, or fungus. Derivatives cryptogamous adjective Origin C19: from Fr. cryptogame, from mod. L. cryptogamae (plantae) from Gk… …
54cryptogam — /ˈkrɪptəgæm/ (say kriptuhgam) noun 1. any of the Cryptogamia, an old primary division of plants comprising those without true flowers and seeds, as the ferns, mosses, and thallophytes. 2. a plant without a true seed (opposed to phanerogam).… …
55cryptogam — n. non flowering or non seeding plant. ♦ cryptogamian, ♦ cryptogamic, cryptogamous, a …
56cryptogam — [krip′tō gam΄, krip′təgam΄] n. [Fr cryptogame < Gr kryptos (see CRYPT) + gamos, marriage (see GAMO )] a plant that bears no flowers or seeds but propagates by means of spores, as algae, mosses, ferns, etc. cryptogamic adj. cryptogamous… …
57cryptogam — n. a plant that has no true flowers or seeds, e.g. ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi. Derivatives: cryptogamic adj. cryptogamous adj. Etymology: F cryptogame f. mod.L cryptogamae (plantae) formed as CRYPTO + Gk gamos marriage …
