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homovalvate

homovalvate adjective: having identical (top and bottom) valves (of a diatom).

Adjective

homovalvate (not comparable)

  1. Having identical (top and bottom) valves (of a diatom)
    • Phase 1 involved heterovalvate, non-polar valves and spore-like frustules; phase 2 introduced more perforated, non-polar valves, and less spore-like frustules readily recognizable as diatoms even when modern valve-processes were absent; and phase 3 with homovalvate frustules and modern valve...2015 October 21, “Auxosporulation in Paralia guyana MacGillivary (Bacillariophyta) and Possible New Insights into the Habit of the Earliest Diatoms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of homovalvate

From homo- + valvate.

Questions about homovalvate

What does homovalvate mean?
Homovalvate means having identical (top and bottom) valves (of a diatom).
What part of speech is homovalvate?
Homovalvate is an adjective.

Words near homovalvate in the dictionary

  1. homousian
  2. homousians
  3. homousious
  4. homovalence
  5. homovalent
  6. homovalvate
  7. homovanillate
  8. homovanillates
  9. homovanillic
  10. homovanillic acid
  11. homovanillyl

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