pericolpate

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adjective

Having colpi located in a non-central position.

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Meanings

adjectivepericolpate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving colpi located in a non-central position.

    Erdman would call many of the "colpi" of a pericolpate grain sulculi, as they are not meridional, do not cross the equator, but are more-or-less parallel to it, or colpoids, if otherwise located.

    2007, Alfred Traverse, Paleopalynology, page 120

Origin

From peri- + colpate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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