"calyptera" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: calypteras [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} calyptera (plural calypteras)
  1. Alternative form of calyptra Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: calyptra
    Sense id: en-calyptera-en-noun-3Pg7f-Yi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1938, Gilbert Morgan Smith, Cryptogamic Botany, page 56",
          "text": "When the sporophyte has attained about a quarter of its eventual length, it pushes through the apex of the calyptera and grows upward above the perianth (Fig. 32B).",
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          "ref": "1995, Richard Kent Schaefers, Nucellar Somatic Embryogenesis",
          "text": "Because the calyptera protects the ovule from injury by surface sterilization treatments, a 1-2% sodium hypochlorite (« 10-20% household bleach) with .01% Tween-20 may be used for 10-15 minutes with vigorous shaking.",
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