colpus

noun

noun

Etymology From Late Latin colpus (“hollow space, pocket”), from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “hollow space, pocket”).

Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Palynology, Physical sciences A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

Derived terms: colpate, colporate, colporus, colpus transversalis, ectocolpus, pseudocolpus
Related terms: gulf
Coordinate terms: porus

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