Crŷp'tă, n.

n.; pl. CRŶP'TÆ. [Lat., from Gr. κρύπ-τειν, to hide.]

1. (Bot.) One of the round receptacles with which the leaves of many plants are studded, as the orange, myrtle, &c., and which contain some secretion.
2. (Anat.) One of the small, round excrescences, terminating the minute branches of the arteries in the cortical portions of the kidneys.