tetracolpate

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adjective

Having four grooves, or colpi, on each grain.

“The pollen grains are tetracolpate.”

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Meanings

adjectivetetracolpate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving four grooves, or colpi, on each grain.

    The pollen grains are tetracolpate.

nountetracolpate (plural tetracolpates)

plural tetracolpates

  1. biologyA plant with tetracolpate (four-grooved) pollen.

Origin

From tetra- + colpate.

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