Cryptogamia
/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˈɡamɪə/Botany. Now chiefly historical
noun
Plants belonging to the former taxonomic division Cryptogamia, which formed one of the two major divisions of plants and comprised the cryptogams. Also (in form Cryptogamia): this division.
- Originally Cryptogamia formed one of the 25 classes of the Linnaean system of plant classification, but it is no longer used as a taxonomic term..
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in John Hill (bap. 1714, d. 1775), physician and actor. From scientific Latin Cryptogamia (Linnaeus Genera Plantarum 320) from crypto- + ancient Greek γάμος marriage + scientific Latin -ia; compare Hellenistic Greek ἀγαμία.
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