cryptogamic

adjective

cryp·​to·​gam·​ic ¦krip-tə-¦ga-mik 

variants or less commonly cryptogamical

¦krip-tə-¦ga-mi-kəl

or cryptogamous

(ˈ)krip-¦tä-gə-məs 

or cryptogamian

¦krip-tə-¦ga-mē-ən, 

-¦gā-

: belonging or relating to the nonflowering plants or to the old group Cryptogamia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Cryptogamia + English -ic, -ical or -ous or -an

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for cryptogamic

• anatomic
• antidromic
• astronomic
• autonomic
• diatomic
• economic
• ergonomic
• gastronomic
• monatomic
• psychonomic
• subatomic
• taxonomic