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- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαλύπτρα“covering or veiling”
- English todaycalyptra
From Ancient Greek καλύπτρα (kalúptra, “covering or veiling”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
calyptra
Today it means: In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens. Full definition →
Ancient Greek καλύπτρα