cryptogamous

• Veralteter botanischer Begriff für Pflanzen, die sich über Sporen statt über Samen vermehren (z. B. Farne, Moose).

An obsolete botanical term describing plants that reproduce by spores, not seeds (e.g., ferns, mosses).

1. Relating to cryptogamsC2formalscientific

   Pertaining to plants that reproduce by spores, not by seeds or flowers, such as ferns, mosses, and algae.

   Zu den Kryptogamen gehörend

   • The cryptogamous flora of the forest floor includes many species of moss and lichen.
   • Botanists study cryptogamous plants to understand early plant evolution.
   • The damp cave walls were covered in cryptogamous growth.

   Synonymecryptogamic

   Antonymefloweringspermatophyte