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Definition of Calyptra
1. Noun. The hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy.
Definition of Calyptra
1. n. 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.
Definition of Calyptra
1. Noun. (botany) In bryophytes, a thin, hood-like tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calyptra
1. a hood-shaped organ of flowers [n -S]
Medical Definition of Calyptra
1. In mosses, a cap-like structure covering or partly covering the capsule and derived from the neck of the archegonium, in a flower, a cap covering the stamens and carpels in the bud and formed by fusion or cohesion of perianth parts. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calyptra
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