Apocolpium

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The region near the pole of some pollen grains which is bounded by the lines connected the colpal apices.

    "The apocolpia (one at the proximal, the other at the distal pole) comprise the rest of the (non-apertural) surface."

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"The apocolpia (one at the proximal, the other at the distal pole) comprise the rest of the (non-apertural) surface."

Etymology

From apo- + colpus + -ium.

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