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adj
Having three grooves, or colpi, on each grain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, palynology, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A plant with tricolpate (three-grooved) pollen, including any dicot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English colpus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English colpate English tricolpate From tri- + colpate.
