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Operculate [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

OPER'CULATE ,

Operculate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, having a lid or cover, as a capsule.

Operculate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Operculated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.

2. Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.