colporate
English
Etymology
colpus + -pore + -ate
Adjective
colporate (comparative more colporate, superlative most colporate)
- (palynology, of a pollen grain) Having colpi
- Durio graveolens pollen is colporate
Derived terms
- tricolporate
Related terms
- colpate
- longicolpate
- porate
- sulcate
- zonocolpate
References
- Petra Kaltenrieder; Peter von Ballmoos (17 March 2003), “TYPES OF APERTURES IN MICROSPORES”, in Introduction to Pollen Analysis, Universität Bern, retrieved 10 November 2017
- “colporate”, in Mondofacto, Mondofacto, 09 October 1997, archived from the original on 2015-02-28, retrieved 10 November 2017