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cryptogam in botany, term used to denote a plant that produces spores, as in algae , fungi , mosses , and ferns , but not seeds. The term cryptogam, from the Greek kryptos, meaning "hidden," and gamos, meaning "marriage," was coined by 19th-century botanists because the means of sexual reproduction in these plants was not then apparent. In contrast, in the seed plants the reproductive organs are easily seen; the seed plants have accordingly been termed phanerogams, from the Greek phaneros, meaning "visible."

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cryptogam A plant that reproduces by spores or gametes rather than seeds (i.e. an alga, bryophyte, or pteridophyte).

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cryptogam A plant that reproduces by spores or gametes rather than seeds, i.e. an alga, bryophyte, or pteridophyte.

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