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—calyptrate /keuh lip"trayt/, adj./keuh lip"treuh/, n. Bot.1. Also called cap. a hood or hoodlike part, as the lid of the capsule in mosses.2. a root cap.
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Calyptra — ? Calyptra Calyptra thalictri … Википедия
CALYPTRA — genus mitrae, Isidor. in Glossis: genus vestimenti, quô caput feminae operiebant, Festus l. 3. Etiam Hesychii glossae, καλύπτρυν interpretantur κεφαλῆς κάλυμμα, capitis operimentum. Aliter Flameum dicta est, rubri coloris: unde Interpres vetus… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Calyptra — Calyptra, Mooshaube, eine vertrocknete häutige Decke, welche die Mooskapseln (Sporenbehälter), od. bei den Lebermoosen den Stiel des Sporenbehälters unten umgiebt od. völlig einschließt, vgl. Kryptogamen, Moose u. Lebermoose. Daher… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Calyptra — Calyptra, die Mütze der Laubmoose, s. Moose … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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calyptra — [kə lip′trə] n. [ModL < Gr kalyptra, covering for the head, veil < kalyptein, to conceal, cover: for IE base see CONCEAL] 1. the remains of the female sex organ, or archegonium, of a moss, forming the caplike covering of the spore case 2.… … English World dictionary
Calyptra — In bryophytes, the calyptra is an enlarged archegonia venter that protects the capsule. This cap is lost at maturity. In flowering plants, the calyptra is a covering tissue for stamens and carpels. The name is also used for the capping tissue of… … Wikipedia
calyptra — noun In bryophytes, a thin, hood like tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte. (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base … Wiktionary
Calyptra (moth) — Calyptra Calyptra thalictri Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Calyptra canadensis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta … Wikipedia
