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The hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants e.g., the California poppy
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calyptra
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Wikipedia
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The genus Calyptra is a group of moths in subfamily Calpinae of the family Erebidae . They are a member of the Calpini tribe , whose precise circumscription is uncertain but which includes a number of other fruit-piercing or eye-frequenting genera currently ...
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n. 1 (context botany English) In bryophytes, a thin, hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens. Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Derivation and Accent; Published ...
WordNet
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n. the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calyptra \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 ...