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CRYPTOGAMIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptogamic mean?
• CRYPTOGAMIC (adjective)
The adjective CRYPTOGAMIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to a cryptogam
Familiarity information: CRYPTOGAMIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a cryptogam
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cryptogamic; cryptogamous
Pertainym:
cryptogam (formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi)
Derivation:
cryptogam (formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi)
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