cryptogam
/ˈkrɪptəʊgæm/noun
- Botany, dated a plant that has no true flowers or seeds, including ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, algae, and fungi【植】〈旧〉隐花植物。
派生词
cryptogamous
adjective词源
mid 19th cent.: from French cryptogame, from modern Latin cryptogamae （plantae）, denoting non-flowering plants, from Greek kruptos 'hidden' + gamos 'marriage' (because the means of reproduction was not apparent).