cryptogamic

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Etymology

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From cryptogam +‎ -ic.

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cryptogamic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
    Synonym: cryptogamous
    • 1826, James L[awson] Drummond, “Of the Root (Radix)”, in First Steps to Botany, Intended as Popular Illustrations of the Science, Leading to Its Study as a Branch of General Education, 2nd edition, London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, [], →OCLC, page 31:
      A number of cryptogamic plants swim about at random in the waters, among which the most interesting, perhaps, in our present state of knowledge, is the sargasso, or gulf-weed of voyagers (Fucus natans), which is found in the Gulph of Florida, and some other parts of the ocean floating in masses or fields, many miles in length.

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