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Webster 1913 Edition


Cryptogam

Cryp′to-gam

(kr?p′t?-g?m)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
cryptogame
. See
Cryptogamia
.]
(Bot.)
A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.
Henslow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cryptogam

CRYPTOGAM

,
Noun.
[See Cryptogamy.] In botany, a plant whose stamens and pistils are not distinctly visible.