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calyptra meaning in Kannada

ಹೂಮೊಗ್ಗುಗಳ ತುದಿಯ ಟೊಪ್ಪಿಗೆ

calyptra in Kannada: ಹೂಮೊಗ್ಗುಗಳ ತುದಿಯ ಟೊಪ್ಪಿಗೆ. In English, calyptra means in bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.

Kannada words for calyptra

ಹೂಮೊಗ್ಗುಗಳ ತುದಿಯ ಟೊಪ್ಪಿಗೆ

English meaning of calyptra

  1. noun In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
  2. noun Any cap-like covering of a flower or fruit, such as the operculum over the unopened buds of Eucalyptus flowers.
  3. noun Any of various coverings at the tips of structures, in the terminology of various authors; for example rootcaps and the apical cells of trichomes.
  4. noun In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order Diptera, zoological section Schizophora, subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.

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Questions about calyptra in Kannada

What is the meaning of calyptra in Kannada?
Calyptra in Kannada is ಹೂಮೊಗ್ಗುಗಳ ತುದಿಯ ಟೊಪ್ಪಿಗೆ.
calyptra ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Calyptra: ಹೂಮೊಗ್ಗುಗಳ ತುದಿಯ ಟೊಪ್ಪಿಗೆ.
What does calyptra mean in English?
Calyptra means in bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: calyptra (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: calyptra (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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