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dicolpate

dicolpate adjective: having two grooves, or colpi, on each grain.

Adjective

dicolpate (not comparable)

  1. Having two grooves, or colpi, on each grain.
    • The pollen grains are dicolpate.

Noun

dicolpate (plural dicolpates)

  1. A plant with dicolpate (two-grooved) pollen.
    • The dicolpates are grouped into clades.

Forms of dicolpate

pluraldicolpates

Origin of dicolpate

From di- + colpate.

Questions about dicolpate

What does dicolpate mean?
Dicolpate means having two grooves, or colpi, on each grain.
What part of speech is dicolpate?
Dicolpate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dicolpate in the dictionary

  1. dicofol
  2. dicola
  3. DiColas
  4. dicolon
  5. dicolons
  6. dicolpate
  7. dicolpates
  8. DICOM
  9. dicomplemented
  10. dicondylic
  11. dicone

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