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chrysalis

3 syllables · also chrysalides
nounverb
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As a noun, chrysalis means the pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place. As a verb, it means form a chrysalis.

Meanings of chrysalis

5 meanings

noun

  1. The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.

  2. The cocoon itself.

  3. figurativeA limiting environment or situation.

verb

  1. To form a chrysalis.

  2. To metamorphize; to transform.

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