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Webster 1913 Edition
Pollen
Pol′len
,Noun.
[L.
pollen
fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. [GREEK]] 1.
Fine bran or flour.
[Obs.]
Bailey.
2.
(Bot.)
Pollen grain
(Bot.)
, a particle or call 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 on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pollen
POL'LEN
,Noun.
1.
The fecundating dust or fine substance like flour or meal, contained in the anther of flowers, which is dispersed on the pistil for impregnation; farin or farina.2.
Fine bran.