Definitions for calyptra

calyptra ca·lyp·tra

Spelling: [kuh-lip-truh]
IPA: /kəˈlɪp trə/

Calyptra is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in calyptra (aaclprty).

Definitions for calyptra

noun

  1. Also called cap. a hood or hoodlike part, as the lid of the capsule in mosses.
  2. a root cap.

Origin of calyptra

1745-55; New Latin Greek kalýptra veil, covering, equivalent to kalýp(tein) to veil, cover + -tra noun suffix

Examples for calyptra

The calyptra (fig. 24) is half-cleft (dimidiate) and very hairy.

The sporogonium when nearly mature bursts the calyptra irregularly.

The calyptra or veil is remarkably small, smooth, and membranous.

The calyptra is half-cleft, and the lid conical and shortly beaked.

Calyp′trate, furnished with such; Calyp′triform, Calyptrimor′phous, having the form of a calyptra.

If not preserved in an envelope the calyptra and operculum are very apt to fall off and become lost.

Calyptriform, shaped like a calyptra or candle-extinguisher.

calyptra minute, lacerate, persistent at the base of the capsule.

calyptra membranous, oval, longer or shorter than the involucre.

The calyptra (fig. 36) is half-cleft, and expanded as if blown out below.

Word Value for calyptra
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

Similar words for calyptra
Word of the day