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amb

amb noun: the outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view.

Noun

amb (plural ambs)

  1. The outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view.
    • This genus is distinguished from Duplopollis Krutzsch, 1959a, and Cupanieidites Cookson and Pike, 1954, by being syncolpate rather than syncolporate and by the islands at the angles of the amb.1970, Robert Max Kosanke, editor, Symposium on Palynology of the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary

Forms of amb

pluralambs

Plural of amb: ambs

Origin of amb

From ambit, from Latin.

Questions about amb

What does amb mean?
Amb means the outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view.
What part of speech is amb?
Amb is a noun.
What is the plural of amb?
The plural of amb is ambs.

Words near amb in the dictionary

  1. Amazonomachy
  2. amazons
  3. amazonstone
  4. amazonstones
  5. amaZulu
  6. amb
  7. amb.
  8. amba
  9. Ambae
  10. ambage
  11. ambages

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