Lid
n.-
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.
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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.

