tricolpate

English

Alternative forms

  • 3-colpate

Etymology

tri- +‎ colpate

Adjective

tricolpate (not comparable)

  1. (botany, palynology, of a pollen) Having three grooves, or colpi, on each grain
    The pollen grains are tricolpate to tricolporoidate.

Noun

tricolpate (plural tricolpates)

  1. (botany, taxonomy) A plant with tricolpate (three-grooved) pollen
    The tricolpates are grouped into two clades.
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