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pollen

DEFINITIONS OF: pollen

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n the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant

Types:
pollinium
a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids)
ragweed pollen
pollen of the ragweed plant is a common allergen
Type of:
spore
a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
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