ca|lyp|tra

ca|lyp|tra
ca|lyp|tra «kuh LIHP truh», noun.
1. a thick covering on top of the capsule in some mosses, formed by enlargement of the walls of the archegonium.
2. any hoodlike part of a flower or fruit.
3. = root cap. (Cf.root cap)
[< New Latin calyptra < Greek kalýptra headdress, veil < kalýptein cover up]

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