Tricolpate

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plant with tricolpate (three-grooved) pollen, including any dicot.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having three grooves, or colpi, on each grain. not-comparable

    "The pollen grains are tricolpate to tricolporoidate."

Example

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"The pollen grains are tricolpate to tricolporoidate."

Etymology

From tri- + colpate.

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