'Cryptogam' definitions:
Definition of 'cryptogam'
(from WordNet)
noun
Formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
Definition of 'Cryptogam'
From: 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]