English Explanatory Dictionary

colpate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.

Word forms

colpate more colpate most colpate

Etymology

From colpus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Related words

colporate porate

Derived words

anacolpate bicolpate dicolpate geminicolpate longicolpate monocolpate pluricolpate polycolpate pseudocolpate tetracolpate tricolpate zonocolpate
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