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tetracolporate

tetracolporate adjective: having four colpi and pores.

Adjective

tetracolporate (not comparable)

  1. Having four colpi and pores.
    • In the same species, silencing of the meiosis-associated gene MEZ1 (ZPT2-5), yields plants producing tetracolporate pollen grains with increased DNA content that lead to premature seed abortion after pollination and fertilization [51 ].2015 October 7, “Pollen Morphology and Boron Concentration in Floral Tissues as Factors Triggering Natural and GA-Induced Parthenocarpic Fruit Development in Grapevine”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of tetracolporate

From tetra- + colporate. By surface analysis, tetra- + colpor- + -ate.

Questions about tetracolporate

What does tetracolporate mean?
Tetracolporate means having four colpi and pores.
What part of speech is tetracolporate?
Tetracolporate is an adjective.

Words near tetracolporate in the dictionary

  1. tetracolon
  2. tetracolons
  3. tetracolored
  4. tetracolpate
  5. tetracolpates
  6. tetracolporate
  7. tetracomplex
  8. tetracomplexes
  9. tetraconazol
  10. tetraconazole
  11. tetraconch

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