cryptogamous

American  

[krip-tah-guhm-uhs] / krɪpˈtɑ gəm əs /

adjective

1. cryptogamic.

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Example Sentences

Mitchell, of Philadelphia, issued a more elaborate work, 'On the Cryptogamous Origin of Malarious and Epidemic Fevers.'

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

A group of Cryptogamous plants, commonly known as "Horse-tails."

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne

Cryptogamous plants with a distinct axis or stem, growing from the apex, and commonly not with later increase in diameter, usually furnished with distinct leaves; reproduction by antheridia and archegonia, sometimes also by gemmation.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Spore, a body resulting from the fructification of Cryptogamous plants, in them the analogue of a seed.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Thus the vegetation of the Palæozoic period consisted principally of the lowly-organised groups of the Cryptogamous or Flowerless plants.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne