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Calyptra

Calyptra Meaning & Definition
Calyptra Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Calyptra?

[n] the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy

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Calyptra In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*lyp"tra\ (k[.a]*l[i^]p"tr[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kaly`ptra a covering for the head, fr. kaly`ptein to cover.] (Bot.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

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