cryptogamous
Americanadjective
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It was not even, like that of the coal period, solely or mainly cryptogamous or gymnospermous.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson
There are, at nearly the lowest computation, as many as one hundred thousand species of phanerogamous plants, and the cryptogamous species are thought to be still more numerous.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Crime is cryptogamous and flourishes in concealment, so that not only does falsehood facilitate it, but certain types of lies often cause and are caused by it.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
We saw on the summit of the Peak no trace of psora, lecidea, or other cryptogamous plants; no insect fluttered in the air.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
On Herald Island the common polar cryptogamous vegetation is well represented and developed.
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