colpate
colpate adjective: having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.
Adjective
colpate (comparative more colpate, superlative most colpate)
- Having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.
Forms of colpate
| comparative | more colpate |
|---|---|
| superlative | most colpate |
Origin of colpate
From colpus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Words formed from colpate
- anacolpate
- bicolpate
- dicolpate
- geminicolpate
- heterocolpate
- longicolpate
- monocolpate
- pantocolpate
- pericolpate
- pluricolpate
- polycolpate
- pseudocolpate
- stephanocolpate
- syncolpate
- tetracolpate
- trichotomocolpate
- tricolpate
- zonocolpate
Questions about colpate
- What does colpate mean?
- Colpate means having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.
- What part of speech is colpate?
- Colpate is an adjective.
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