cryptogamic

Variant of cryptogam

noun

a plant that bears no flowers or seeds but propagates by means of spores, as algae, mosses, ferns, etc.

Origin: Fr cryptogame < Gr kryptos (see crypt) + gamos, marriage (see gamo-)

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