cryptogamic

1. 1.

   of or relating to a cryptogam

   Synonymscryptogamous

Questions about cryptogamic

What does cryptogamic mean?

cryptogamic means "of or relating to a cryptogam".

How many syllables are in cryptogamic?

cryptogamic has 4 syllables and divides as cryp-to-ga-mic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cryptogamic?

Close synonyms include cryptogamous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cryptogamic a common word?

cryptogamic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.