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隠花植物 (inkashokubutsu) Japanese meaning: cryptogam | Kotomora
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いん
花か
植しょく
物ぶつ
と
いう
分ぶん
類るい
は
、
今いま
で
は
ほとんど
使つか
わ
れ
ない
。
The classification 'cryptogam' is hardly used nowadays.
Old textbooks included the distinction between cryptogams and phanerogams.
Related words 胞ほう 子し 植しょく 物ぶつ Modern term for spore-producing plants; replaces 隠花植物 in current botanical usage.
顕けん 花か 植しょく 物ぶつ Obsolete term for seed plants (phanerogams), the counterpart to 隠花植物 in the old classification system.
Etymology Coined in Japanese from 隠 (hidden) + 花 (flower) + 植物 (plant), as a translation of the Western botanical term 'cryptogam' (literally 'hidden reproduction'). The exact date of coinage is uncertain, but it was used in Meiji-era botanical texts.
