Colpus

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

Synonyms

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porus

Etymology

From Late Latin colpus (“hollow space, pocket”), from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “hollow space, pocket”).

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colpus transversalis

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