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anacolpate

anacolpate adjective: having a colpus, or groove, on the distal face of a pollen grain.

Adjective

anacolpate (not comparable)

  1. Having a colpus, or groove, on the distal face of a pollen grain.

Origin of anacolpate

From ana- + colpate.

Questions about anacolpate

What does anacolpate mean?
Anacolpate means having a colpus, or groove, on the distal face of a pollen grain.
What part of speech is anacolpate?
Anacolpate is an adjective.

Words near anacolpate in the dictionary

  1. anacolouthic
  2. anacolouthistic
  3. anacolouthon
  4. anacolouthons
  5. anacolouths
  6. anacolpate
  7. anacoluth
  8. anacolutha
  9. anacoluthia
  10. anacoluthias
  11. anacoluthic

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