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colpate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
col-pate
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 From colpus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

more colpate (comparative) most colpate (superlative)

Derived Forms

anacolpate bicolpate dicolpate geminicolpate heterocolpate longicolpate monocolpate pantocolpate pericolpate pluricolpate polycolpate pseudocolpate

Frequently Paired Words

colporate porate sulcate saccate aperturate spinulose reticulate operculate

Questions

What does colpate mean?
Having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.
Where does colpate come from?
Etymology tree 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 From colpus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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