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Colpate vs Colpus - What's the difference?

colpate | colpus | Derived terms |

Colpate is a derived term of colpus.


As an adjective colpate

is (palynology|of pollen) having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.

As a noun colpus is

(botany|palynology) a groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen.

colpate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (palynology, of pollen) Having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.

    • Derived terms

    * dicolpate * geminicolpate * tetracolpate * tricolpate

    Related terms

    * colporate * porate * sulcate

    Anagrams

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    colpus

    English

    Noun

    (colpi)
  • (botany, palynology) A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

    • Coordinate terms

    * porus

    Derived terms

    * colpate * colporus * colpus transversalis * ectocolpus * pseudocolpus