What does the word pollen mean?
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The male fertilizing element of flowering plants analogous to sperm in animals. It is released from the anthers as yellow dust, to be carried by insect or other vectors, including wind, to the ovary ( stigma) of other flowers to produce the embryo enclosed by the seed. The pollens of many plants are allergenic.
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The fecundating dust contained in the anthers of flowers, which is dispersed on the stigma. It is conveyed to the ovary through the stigma by the Pollen tube. Tubus pollin'icus.
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Usage examples for pollen
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After each flower in turn has been allowed to see the light, and after all have been crawled over by bee and wasp to distribute the yellow pollen that seeds may be produced, there is nothing else to do but patiently wait for a week or two while receiving food from the mother plant to perfect each little fruit and seed. – Seed Dispersal by William J. Beal
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Grape pollen does not keep well and an effort should be made to have it as fresh as possible. – Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
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