Definition of crypt

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Crypt (n.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk/hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines..

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Cryptopine :: Cryptopine (n.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
Cryptogamist :: Cryptogamist (n.) One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc..
Moss :: Moss (n.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water..
Pinite :: Pinite (n.) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite..
Cryptobranchiate :: Cryptobranchiate (a.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
Lycopodiaceous :: Lycopodiaceous (a.) Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceae, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves..
Crypturi :: Crypturi (n. pl.) An order of flying, drom/ognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See Tinamou..
Cryptographic :: Cryptographic (a.) Alt. of Cryptographica.
Cryptical :: Cryptical (a.) Hidden; secret; occult.
Cryptogamiae :: Cryptogamiae (pl. ) of Cryptogami.
Lieberkuhn''s Glands :: Lieberkuhn's glands () The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkuhn.
Cryptogamous :: Cryptogamous (a.) Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series..
Cryptal :: Cryptal (a.) Of or pertaining to crypts.
Cryptographical :: Cryptographical (a.) Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink..
Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe..
Cryptogam :: Cryptogam (n.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.
Cryptogamic :: Cryptogamic (a.) Alt. of Cryptogamou.
Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
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