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1. n. (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule Source: wordnet

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pollen botany conveys deposited flower gametes grain male outgrowth ovule penetrates slender stigma style tubular

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polled pollen count pollen vortex pollen-tubes pollenarious pollenate pollenation pollened polleniferous

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