tricolpate
Having three grooves, or colpi, on each grainHaving three grooves, or colpi, on each grain.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Having three grooves, or colpi, on each grain.
The pollen grains are tricolpate to tricolporoidate.
Tricolpate pollen, the signature of eudicots, first appears ca. 110 million years ago.
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