cryptogamic

Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
    • A number of cryptogamic plants swim about at random in the waters, among which the most interesting, perhaps, in our present state of knowledge, is the sargasso, or gulf-weed of voyagers (Fucus natans), which is found...

    Synonyms: cryptogamous

Origin

From cryptogam + -ic.