Definitionn. formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns
Last update: September 3, 2015
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The term Cryptogam is archaic, implying a hidden method of reproduction as compared with the obvious method represented by the flower of the Phanerogam; with the aid of a good microscope it is, however, easier to follow the process of fertilization. [Please select]
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Now these points, where my eyes divined the cryptogam pushing back the soil with its button-like heads, these points, where the ordinary fungoid odour was certainly very pronounced, were never selected by the dog. [Please select]
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From these characteristics we recognise an underground cryptogam, known to the botanists as _Hydnocystis arenaria_, and a relation of the truffle. [Please select]
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To seek it myself, by digging at random, would have resulted merely in waste of time; the little cryptogam is not so common that I could hope to find it without a guide. [Please select]
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The insect which seeks it does not come from a distance; it inhabits the places wherein the cryptogam is found. [Please select]
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The inhabitants of the poplar have disappeared, perhaps long ago, as is proved by the mycelium of the agaric; the insect would not gnaw and bore its way through timber all permeated with the felt-like growth of the cryptogam. [Please select]
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