English Dictionary

cryptogam

名詞

Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.

日本語の意味

胞子を利用して繁殖する植物（種子ではなく），かつては Cryptogamae 群に分類されていた。シダ、コケ、藻、菌類、地衣類などが含まれる。

The ecologist carefully collected a cryptogam from the damp forest floor for microscopic study.

生態学者は湿った森の地面から顕微鏡観察のために胞子で繁殖する植物を慎重に採取した。

意味（1）

Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.

In the absence of phanerogams, the cryptogams — principally the algae, mosses, and lichens — are the dominant forms of plant life.

cryptogams （ plural ）