Definition
| • | That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. |
| • | The cover of the eye; an eyelid. |
| • | The cover of the spore cases of mosses. |
| • | A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti. |
| • | The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts. |
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