cryptoaperturate

adjective

Describing a pollen grain in which the aperture is present but not in an obvious gap or furrow, instead covered or hidden by a continuous outer layer of the pollen wall that acts as a protective operculum.

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Meanings

adjectivecryptoaperturate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDescribing a pollen grain in which the aperture is present but not in an obvious gap or furrow, instead covered or hidden by a continuous outer layer of the pollen wall that acts as a protective operculum.

Origin

From crypto- + aperturate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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