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Pollen mass — Pollen Pol len, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. ?] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pollen — Pol len, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. ?] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. [1913 Webster] {Pollen… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pollen grain — Pollen Pol len, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. ?] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pollen sac — Pollen Pol len, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. ?] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pollen tube — Pollen Pol len, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. ?] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pollen wasp — Pollen wasps Pseudomasaris vespoides Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
pollen — [päl′ən] n. [ModL < L, fine flour, dust < IE base * pel, dust, meal > L pulvis, dust, Gr palē, dust] the fine, dustlike mass of grains that are produced in the anthers or microspore sacs of seed plants, containing the male sexual cells… … English World dictionary
Mass provisioning — is a term used in entomology to refer to a form of parental behavior in which an adult (most commonly a hymenopteran such as a bee or wasp) stocks all of the food for each offspring in a small chamber (a cell ) prior to laying the egg. In such… … Wikipedia
Pollen — Tip of a tulip stamen with many grains of pollen Closeup image of a cac … Wikipedia
pollen — pollenless, adj. pollenlike, adj. pollinic /peuh lin ik/, pollinical, adj. /pol euhn/, n. 1. the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses. v.t. 2. to pollinate. [1515… … Universalium
