cryptogam

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

fungus

mushroom

🍄

agamae

spore producing plant

spore plant

fung

calimocho

Translations

cryptogame

criptògama

crittogame

κρυπτόγαμα

Kryptogame

criptogâmicas

Schmarotzerpilz

Pilz

🍄

fong

κρυπτόγαμο

μύκητας

champignon

🍄

moisissure

fongus

planta criptògama

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”).