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apocolpium

apocolpium noun: the region near the pole of some pollen grains which is bounded by the lines connected the colpal apices.

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

Forms of apocolpium

pluralapocolpia

Origin of apocolpium

From apo- + colpus + -ium.

Questions about apocolpium

What does apocolpium mean?
Apocolpium means the region near the pole of some pollen grains which is bounded by the lines connected the colpal apices.
What part of speech is apocolpium?
Apocolpium is a noun.
What is the plural of apocolpium?
The plural of apocolpium is apocolpia.

Words near apocolpium in the dictionary

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

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