Tricolpate

Alternative forms

• 3-colpate

Origin

- + tri + colpate

Full definition of tricolpate

Adjective

1. (botany, palynology, of a pollen) Having three grooves, or colpi, on each grainThe pollen grains are tricolpate to tricolporoidate.

Noun

1. (botany, taxonomy) A plant with tricolpate (three-grooved) pollenThe tricolpates are grouped into two clades.