Calydonian-hunt
the pursuit by Meleager, Atalanta, and others of a savage boar (Calydonian boar) sent by Artemis to lay waste to Calydon.
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- Calypso
Also, Kalypso. Classical Mythology. a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years. (lowercase). Also called fairy-slipper. a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower. (lowercase) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often […]
- Calypsonian
Also, Kalypso. Classical Mythology. a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years. (lowercase). Also called fairy-slipper. a terrestrial orchid, Calypso bulbosa, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a single variegated purple, yellow, and white flower. (lowercase) a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often […]
- Calyptra
Also called cap. a hood or hoodlike part, as the lid of the capsule in mosses. a root cap. Historical Examples An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope John William Griffith An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope John William Griffith The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Asa Gray Lachesis Lapponica Carl von […]
- Calyptrogen
the histogen layer that develops into the root cap. noun a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants