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/kluy'steuh kahr"peuhs/, adj.1. Mycol. having cleistothecia.2. Bot. having a closed capsule, as certain mosses.Also, clistocarpous.[1885-90; CLEISTO- + -CARPOUS]
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cleistocarpous
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