What's the difference between cryptogam and cryptogamic?

Cryptogam


Definition:

  • (n.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The activity of destruxin E, a cryptogamic toxin isolated from the hyphomycete Metarhizium anisopliae, was studied on mouse leukemia cells (L 1210 and P 388) in culture.
  • (2) The fine-structural features of fertilization in Fucus are discussed in relation to the fertilization patterns in other cryptogams and marine invertebrates and to polar axis determination in the Fucaceae.
  • (3) An extension of this tree by sequences of other cryptogamic plants (Mougeotia, Ceratodon, Psilotum) shows all these sequences including those of the phytochromes B and C of Arabidopsis on a branch, well separated from the branch formed by phytochromes known to accumulate in etiolated plants.

Cryptogamic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Cryptogamous

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The activity of destruxin E, a cryptogamic toxin isolated from the hyphomycete Metarhizium anisopliae, was studied on mouse leukemia cells (L 1210 and P 388) in culture.
  • (2) The fine-structural features of fertilization in Fucus are discussed in relation to the fertilization patterns in other cryptogams and marine invertebrates and to polar axis determination in the Fucaceae.
  • (3) An extension of this tree by sequences of other cryptogamic plants (Mougeotia, Ceratodon, Psilotum) shows all these sequences including those of the phytochromes B and C of Arabidopsis on a branch, well separated from the branch formed by phytochromes known to accumulate in etiolated plants.

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