Crossword-Solution: CALYPTRA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Calyptra | n. | A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “CALYPTRA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| HOOD (bot.) | 1 answer |
| SPORE-case hood | 1 answer |
| flower part | 36 answers |
| Veil | 69 answers |
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Sentences with CALYPTRA (5)
The terminal cell is always solitary, very often attached to the one next it, which is generally single, obliquely placed, occasionally looking like the dimidiate calyptra capping a young seta.
The calyptra is ultimately burst through, and in early spring the seta elongates rapidly, raising the dark-coloured capsule (fig.
The young sporogonium is protected by a thick calyptra derived from the tissue of the thallus around the archegonium.
Longitudinal section of the sporogonium borne on the pseudopodium (ps); c, calyptra; ar, neck of archegonium; sg', foot; sg, capsule.
The upper portion of the archegonial wall is carried up as a calyptra on the sporogonium, which, as in _Sphagnum_, has no seta and is raised on a pseudopodium.