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cryptoaperturate

cryptoaperturate adjective: describing a pollen grain in which the aperture is present but not in an obvious gap or furrow, instead covered or hidden by a continuous outer layer of the pollen wall that acts as a protective operculum.

Adjective

cryptoaperturate (not comparable)

  1. Describing a pollen grain in which the aperture is present but not in an obvious gap or furrow, instead covered or hidden by a continuous outer layer of the pollen wall that acts as a protective operculum.

Origin of cryptoaperturate

From crypto- + aperturate.

Questions about cryptoaperturate

What does cryptoaperturate mean?
Cryptoaperturate means describing a pollen grain in which the aperture is present but not in an obvious gap or furrow, instead covered or hidden by a continuous outer layer of the pollen wall that acts as a protective operculum.
What part of speech is cryptoaperturate?
Cryptoaperturate is an adjective.

Words near cryptoaperturate in the dictionary

  1. cryptoanalyst
  2. cryptoanalysts
  3. cryptoanalytic
  4. cryptoanalytical
  5. cryptoanarchy
  6. cryptoaperturate
  7. cryptoasset
  8. cryptoassets
  9. cryptobabble
  10. cryptobasidiaceous
  11. cryptobenthic

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