lid

lid is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc. ; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

[2] The cover of the eye; an eyelid. Shak. Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier`s lid. Byron.

[3] The cover of the spore cases of mosses.

[4] A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.

[5] The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.

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