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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 contain the spores of mosses; also any similar covering body. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calyptra n : hood or cap-like part covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g. the California poppy
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