A colpus (plural: colpi) is the name for a groove sometimes occurring on grains of
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Colpus — This interesting surname of English origin is a topographical name for someone living by a cold pond, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century col meaning cool plus paesc(e) pond . The surname dates back to the late 16th Century, (see below) … Surnames reference
colpus — noun A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen … Wiktionary
coup — [ ku ] n. m. • colp 1080; lat. pop. colpus, class. colaphus, gr. kolaphos I ♦ 1 ♦ Mouvement par lequel un corps vient en heurter un autre; impression (ébranlement, bruit...) produite par ce qui heurte. ⇒ choc, ébranlement, heurt, tamponnement.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
gouffre — [ gufr ] n. m. • XIIe; bas lat. colpus, gr. kolpos → golfe 1 ♦ Trou vertical, effrayant par sa profondeur et sa largeur. ⇒ abîme. Les bords, les parois, le fond d un gouffre. Gouffre béant. Spéléologue qui explore un gouffre. Gouffre d un terrain … Encyclopédie Universelle
coppice — [14] The notion underlying coppice is of ‘cutting’. Its ultimate source is the Greek noun kólaphos ‘blow’, which passed via Latin colaphus into medieval Latin as colpus (source of English cope and coup). From colpus was derived a verb colpāre… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
coppice — [14] The notion underlying coppice is of ‘cutting’. Its ultimate source is the Greek noun kólaphos ‘blow’, which passed via Latin colaphus into medieval Latin as colpus (source of English cope and coup). From colpus was derived a verb colpāre… … Word origins
cope — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cāp, from Late Latin cappa head covering Date: 13th century 1. a long enveloping ecclesiastical vestment 2. a. something resembling a cope (as by concealing or covering) < the dark sky s starry… … New Collegiate Dictionary
coppice — I. noun Etymology: Middle English copies cutover area overgrown with brush, from Middle French copeis, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *colpaticium, from *colpare to cut, from Late Latin colpus blow more at cope Date: 1534 1. a thicket, grove … New Collegiate Dictionary
gulf — I. noun Etymology: Middle English goulf, from Middle French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, from Greek kolpos bosom, gulf; akin to Old English hwealf vault, Old High German walbo Date: 15th century 1. a part of an ocean or sea… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pollen — Tip of a tulip stamen with many grains of pollen Closeup image of a cac … Wikipedia
