cryptogamous
Americanadjective
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Of course, the great lines of the general pedigree are due to progression, many single steps in this direction leading together to the great superiority of the flowering plants over their cryptogamous ancestors.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
Fern, fern, n. one of the beautiful class of higher or vascular cryptogamous plants—the natural order Filices.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
In conclusion, I would observe that the discovery of the cryptogamous origin of the many disorders of the human system is effecting important changes in their treatment.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
A division of cryptogamous plants, including mushrooms, etc.
From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Lorin Low Dame
As if to complete the comparison, I found Alpine lichens growing among cactus and palms, and a crust of Arctic cryptogamous growth covered rocks, between which sprang tropical flowers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
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