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Cryptogamia

DEFINITIONS OF: Cryptogamia

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n in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi

Antonyms:
Phanerogamae
in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all seed-bearing plants; superseded by the division Spermatophyta
Type of:
division
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
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