[ 'krɪptə(ʊ)gam ]
■ noun Botany, dated a plant with no true flowers or seeds, such as a fern, moss, liverwort, lichen, alga, or fungus.
Derivatives
~ous adjective
Origin
C19: from Fr. ~e , from mod. L. ~ae (plantae) from Gk kruptos 'hidden' + gamos 'marriage' (because the means of reproduction was not apparent).