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Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1956, George A. Llano, Botanical Research Essential to a Knowledge of Antarctica, A. P. Crary, L. M. Gould, E. O. Hulburt, Hugh Obishaw, Waldo E. Smith (editors), Antarctica in the International Geophysical Year, Geophysical Monograph Number 1, American Geophysical Union, page 124, In the absence of phanerogams, the cryptogams — principally the algae, mosses, and lichens — are the dominant forms of plant life.
Meaning relationships
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formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plant, flora, plant life
Narrower terms: thallophyte
From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
criptògama
— plant
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Dutch:
cryptogaam
— plant
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Dutch:
sporenplant
— plant
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Estonian:
eostaim
— plant
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Faroese:
gróplanta
— plant
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Finnish:
itiökasvi
— plant
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German:
Kryptogame
— plant
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Greek:
κρυπτογάμη
(kryptogámi)
— plant
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Icelandic:
byrkningur
— plant
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Indonesian:
kriptogam
— plant
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Portuguese:
criptógama
— plant
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Spanish:
criptógamo
— plant
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Spanish:
criptógama
— plant
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Swedish:
kryptogam
— plant
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Swedish:
sporväxt
— plant
