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Cryptogamous

Cryptogamian \Cryp`to*ga"mi*an\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-an), Cryptogamic \Cryp`to*gam"ic\ (kr?p`t?-g?m"?k), Cryptogamous \Cryp*to"gam*ous\a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.

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cryptogamous

a. Of or pertaining to the cryptogams

WordNet
cryptogamous

adj. of or relating to a cryptogam [syn: cryptogamic]

Usage examples of "cryptogamous".

It was the NARDOU, a cryptogamous plant of the family Marsilacea, and the same which kept Burke and King alive in the deserts of the interior.