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bryophyte
plant
thallophyte
pteridophyte
rhizocarpean
fern
cryptogamae
cryptogams
cryptogamy
acrogen
cryptogamian
seed
liverwort
antherozoid
aetheogam
hadrome
alga
spore
cryptogamous
fungus
cryptogamist
sporangium
cryptogamic
lichen
moss
Definitions:
Noun
cryptogam
Definition: formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
Definition: Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.