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apocolpia

apocolpia is the plural of apocolpium.

Meaning of apocolpium

Noun

apocolpium (plural apocolpia)

  1. The region near the pole of some pollen grains which is bounded by the lines connected the colpal apices.
    • The apocolpia (one at the proximal, the other at the distal pole) comprise the rest of the (non-apertural) surface.1952, Gunnar Erdtman, Pollen Morphology and Plant Taxonomy, published 1986, →ISBN, page 14

Questions about apocolpia

What is apocolpia the plural of?
Apocolpia is the plural of apocolpium.

Words near apocolpia in the dictionary

  1. apochromate
  2. apochromatic
  3. apochromatism
  4. apochromats
  5. apocodeine
  6. apocolpia
  7. apocolpial
  8. apocolpium
  9. apocolypse
  10. apocopate
  11. apocopated

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