Meanings
nouncolporus (plural colpori)
plural colpori
- A compound aperture on a pollen tube consisting of a colpus and one or more pores.
The three basic aperture types are the colpus, the pore and the colporus.
2003, Paul A Collinvaux, Paulo E. De Oliveira, Enrique Moreno, Amazon Pollen Manual and Atlas, page 66
Origin
By surface analysis, colpor- + -us
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colporus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colporus
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“colporus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colporus. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colporus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colporus.
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