Definition of cryptogamic in English:
cryptogamic
adjective krɪptə(ʊ)ˈɡamɪkˌkrɪptəˈɡæmɪk
1Botany
Relating to or denoting cryptogams.
Example sentencesExamples
- This collection reflects the full gamut of its dedicatee's research interests in cryptogamic physiology and ecology at the extremes.
- The cryptogamic organisms help to stabilize the soil, hold moisture, and provide protection for germination of the seeds of other plants.
- Diacylglyceryltrimethylhomoserine is known to be an important component of cryptogamic plants, including bryophytes, but its physiological role is still uncertain.
- Today the cryptogamic herbarium consists of 7000 lichens and 1500 bryophytes and continues to grow.
- After this fact one need not be surprised at the diffusion of the far lighter and smaller sporules of cryptogamic plants.
2Ecology
(of a desert soil or surface crust) covered with or consisting of a fragile black layer of cyanobacteria, mosses, and lichens, which is often important in preventing erosion.
Example sentencesExamples
- Formation of mature cryptogamic crust (dark ridges) typically requires decades free of disturbance.
Rhymes
aerodynamic, balsamic, ceramic, cycloramic, dynamic, hydrodynamic, Islamic, panoramic, psychodynamic, thermodynamic
Definition of cryptogamic in US English:
cryptogamic
adjectiveˌkriptəˈɡamikˌkrɪptəˈɡæmɪk
Botany 1Relating to or denoting cryptogams.
Example sentencesExamples
- Today the cryptogamic herbarium consists of 7000 lichens and 1500 bryophytes and continues to grow.
- The cryptogamic organisms help to stabilize the soil, hold moisture, and provide protection for germination of the seeds of other plants.
- Diacylglyceryltrimethylhomoserine is known to be an important component of cryptogamic plants, including bryophytes, but its physiological role is still uncertain.
- After this fact one need not be surprised at the diffusion of the far lighter and smaller sporules of cryptogamic plants.
- This collection reflects the full gamut of its dedicatee's research interests in cryptogamic physiology and ecology at the extremes.
- 1.1Ecology (of a desert soil or surface crust) covered with or consisting of a fragile black layer of cyanobacteria, mosses, and lichens, which is often important in preventing erosion.
Example sentencesExamples
- Formation of mature cryptogamic crust (dark ridges) typically requires decades free of disturbance.