Word: cryptogams
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cryp
to
gams
Definition: Plural of cryptogam; formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
Morphemes:
Affix: cryptogam
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κρυπτός
Language: grc
Decoded: kruptos
Meaning: hidden
Affix: γάμος
Language: grc
Decoded: gamos
Meaning: marriage, matrimony
Affix: -έω
Language: grc
Decoded: -eo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and other verbs. Often, not always, added to the stems of thematic nouns or adjectives in -ος.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).