colporate

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adjective

Having apertures which combine a rounded pore and a colpus, or groove.

“Durio graveolens pollen is colporate”

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Meanings

adjectivecolporate (comparative more colporate, superlative most colporate)

comparative more colporate · superlative most colporate

  1. biologyHaving apertures which combine a rounded pore and a colpus, or groove.

    Durio graveolens pollen is colporate

Origin

From colpus + pore + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, colpor- + -ate.

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APA

colporate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colporate

MLA

“colporate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colporate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colporate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colporate.

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