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CRYPTOGAMOUS

\kɹɪptˈɒɡɐməs], \kɹɪptˈɒɡɐməs], \k_ɹ_ɪ_p_t_ˈɒ_ɡ_ɐ_m_ə_s]\

Definitions of CRYPTOGAMOUS

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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An epithet applied by botanists to plants whose organs of fructification are concealed or not manifest. Agamousplants are those whose sexual organs are not known.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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