Agamae

Ag·​a·​mae

ˈa-gə-(ˌ)mē

taxonomic synonym of cryptogamia

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from feminine plural (in concord with plantae "plants") of agamus "asexual," borrowed from Greek ágamos "unmarried"

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