cryptogamous

• Terme botanique désuet pour les plantes qui se reproduisent par spores plutôt que par graines (comme les fougères et les mousses).

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.

   cryptogame

   • 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.

   Synonymescryptogamic

   Antonymesfloweringspermatophyte