colpus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

Word forms

colpus colpi

Etymology

From Late Latin colpus (“hollow space, pocket”), from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “hollow space, pocket”).

Related words

Derived words

colpate colporate colporus colpus transversalis ectocolpus pseudocolpus
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