pollen
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pollen/ˈpɒlən/
▶noun a powdery substance discharged from the male part of a flower, each microscopic grain containing a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule.
– origin C18: from L., lit. ‘fine powder’.
'pollen' also found in these Oxford entries:
allogamy
- anther
- bee
- bee bread
- corbicula
- cross-fertilize
- cross-pollinate
- geitonogamy
- hay fever
- madonna lily
- micropyle
- palynology
- pollen basket
- pollen count
- pollen tube
- pollinate
- pulse
- sculpture
- self-fertilization
- self-pollination
- stamen
- stigma
- theca
- xenogamy
