Definition of Pollen tube

1. Noun. (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule.

Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Generic synonyms: Plant Part, Plant Structure

Definition of Pollen tube

1. Noun. the tube that develops from the wall of a pollen grain and, in seed plants, provides a passage through which the male nuclei reach the embryo sac to effect fertilization ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollen Tube

pollax
pollaxes
polled
pollee
pollees
pollen
pollen antigen
pollen count
pollen counter
pollen counters
pollen extract
pollen grain
pollen grains
pollen mother cell
pollen parent
pollen tube (current term)
pollenarious
pollenate
pollenated
pollenates
pollenating
pollenation
pollened
polleniferous
pollenin
pollening
pollenize
pollenized
pollenizer
pollenizers

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