1. tricolpate - Noun
2. tricolpate - Adjective
tricolpate (not comparable)
(botany, palynology, of a pollen) Having three grooves, or colpi, on each grain
The pollen grains are tricolpate to tricolporoidate.
tricolpate (plural tricolpates)
(botany, taxonomy) A plant with tricolpate (three-grooved) pollen
The tricolpates are grouped into two clades.