Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetracolporate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tetra-col-po-rate
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having four colpi and pores.

Example Sentences

"In the same species, silencing of the meiosis-associated gene MEZ1 (ZPT2-5), yields plants producing tetracolporate pollen grains with increased DNA content that lead to premature seed abortion after pollination and fertilization [51 ]."

Etymology

From tetra- + colporate. By surface analysis, tetra- + colpor- + -ate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tetra

Questions

What does tetracolporate mean?: Having four colpi and pores.
Where does tetracolporate come from?: From tetra- + colporate. By surface analysis, tetra- + colpor- + -ate.

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