pollen

1. n. Fine bran or flour. Source: opted

2. n. The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament. Source: opted

3. n. the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant Source: wordnet

4. The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. SeeFlower, and Illust. of Filament. Pollen grain (Bot.), a particle orcall of pollen.-- Pollen mass, a pollinium. Gray.-- Pollen sac, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, --usually there are four in each anther.-- Pollen tube, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain onits contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, itis supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule. Source: adambom

5. n:100 n. the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant Source: ecdict

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