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Meanings of Cryptogamia in English

Portuguese
criptógamas
Catalan
criptògames

In former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi.

        criptógamas
        Usage of Cryptogamia in English
        1
        The Origin of the different classes of the Higher Cryptogamia.
        Darwin and Modern Science
        2
        The Sub-kingdom of the higher Spore-plants, the Cryptogamia possessing a vascular system, was more prominent in early geological periods than at present.
        Darwin and Modern Science
        3
        It would appear then that the first class consisted of seedless plants, i. e. of the cryptogamia.
        The Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science
        4
        But the cryptogamia, in general, thrive best when they are protected from the direct rays of the sun.
        The Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science
        5
        As the conditions of the earth changed, the cryptogamia seemed to have dwindled away, while higher forms of vegetation asserted their supremacy.
        The Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science
        6
        (W. Hofmeister, "On the Germination, Development and Fructification of the Higher Cryptogamia", Ray Society, London, 1862.
        Darwin and Modern Science
        Translations for Cryptogamia
        Portuguese
        criptógamas
        Cryptogamia through the time