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嚢果 (のうか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

嚢のう果か

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Meanings

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noun

cystocarp

botany

Botanical term for the fruiting body of red algae (Rhodophyta) that develops after fertilization.

紅こう藻そう類るいの嚢のう果かは、受じゅ精せい後ごに形けい成せいされる生せい殖しょく器き官かんである。
The cystocarp of red algae is a reproductive structure formed after fertilization.

Kanji

嚢pouch, purse, bag
果fruit, reward, carry out

Etymology

The term is composed of 嚢 (のう, 'sac, cyst') and 果 (か, 'fruit'), reflecting its botanical meaning as a sac-like fruiting body.