colporus

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English

Noun

colporus (plural colpori)

  1. A compound aperture on a pollen tube consisting of a colpus and one or more pores.
    • 2003, Paul A Collinvaux, Paulo E. De Oliveira, Enrique Moreno, Amazon Pollen Manual and Atlas, page 66:
      The three basic aperture types are the colpus, the pore and the colporus.