Definitions for: Cryptogam

[n] formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi

Webster (1913) Definition: Cryp"to*gam (kr?p"t?-g?m), n. [Cf. F. cryptogame.
See Cryptogamia.] (Bot.)
A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. --Henslow.

See Also: flora, plant, plant life, thallophyte