EPIPHRAGM


Meaning of EPIPHRAGM in English

Pronunciation: ' e-p ə - ˌ fram

Function: noun

Etymology: Greek epiphragma covering

Date: circa 1854

: a closing membrane or septum (as of a snail shell or a moss capsule)

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