cryptogam
cryptogam
[ˈkrɪptə(ʊ)gam]
noun
cryptogamous
adjective
语源
[ˈkrɪptə(ʊ)gam]
noun
- (Botany, dated)a plant that has no true flowers or seeds, including ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, algae, and fungi
(植, 旧)隐花植物
cryptogamous
adjective
语源
- mid 19th cent.: from French cryptogame, from modern Latin cryptogamae (plantae), denoting non-flowering plants, from Greek kruptos 'hidden' + gamos 'marriage' (because the means of reproduction was not apparent)
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