tricolpate

English

Alternative forms

• 3-colpate

Etymology

colpate- +‎

Adjective

tricolpate (not comparable)

1. (deprecated template usage) (botany, palynology, of a pollen) Having three grooves, or colpi, on each grain

   The pollen grains are tricolpate to tricolporoidate.

Noun

tricolpate (plural tricolpates)

1. (deprecated template usage) (botany, taxonomy) A plant with tricolpate (three-grooved) pollen

   The tricolpates are grouped into two clades.