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cryptogam

(n): formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
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about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Great word, sarra! Thanks.

about 1 year ago seanahan said:

The gam here is the same as gamete.

about 1 year ago sarra said:

not a typographical slip for cryptogram. Gr. kryptos, hidden + gamos, marriage — one whose reproduction is mysterious: a flowerless, seedless plant.

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