Cryptogam

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cryptogam \Cryp"to*gam\ (kr?p"t?-g?m), n. [Cf. F. cryptogame.
     See {Cryptogamia}.] (Bot.)
     A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. --Henslow.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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