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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water
2. 2
   common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms wordnet
3. 3
   A cryptomonad

Synonyms

All synonyms

cryptomonadcryptomonad

Etymology

From crypto- (“hidden”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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