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单词 cryptogam
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cryp•to•gam  (kriptə gam′),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
  1. Botanyany of the Cryptogamia, a former primary division of plants that have no true flowers or seeds and that reproduce by spores, as the ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
  • Neo-Latin Cryptogamia. See crypto-, -gamy
  • 1840–50;
cryp′to•gamic, cryp•tog•a•mous  (krip togə məs),USA pronunciation cryp′to•gami•cal, adj.  cryp•toga•mist, n. 
cryp•toga•my, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cryptogam /ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡæm/ n
  1. (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Cryptogamia, from crypto- + Greek gamos marriage

ˌcryptoˈgamic, cryptogamous /krɪpˈtɒɡəməs/ adj
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