cryptobotany en · NOUN
Etymology
From crypto- + botany.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The study of plants whose existence has not been proven.
Botany, even cryptobotany, may seem to lie outside the subject matter of this book, but two recent events from Australia have encouraging implications for cryptozoologists.
2006, Matthew A. Bille, Shadows of existence: discoveries and speculations in zoology: