calyptriformadj.
/kəˈlɪptrɪfɔːm/ Botany.
Calyptra-shaped.
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galericulated1698
galericulate1706
calyptrate1830
calyptriform1830
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 46 The corolla is calyptriform in Antholoma.
1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 400 Calyptriform, calyptra-shaped; as the calyx of Eschscholtzia.
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calyptriˈmorphous adj. [ < Greek μορϕή form.] ‘Applied in Botany to ascidia which have a distinct lid.’ New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1881.
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