pollen grain
noun
a single granule of pollen.
Origin of pollen grain
1First recorded in 1825–35
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How to use pollen grain in a sentence
This at once suggests the objection, how can the idioplasm, for instance, of a pollen grain be the same as that of a leaf?
A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution | Carl Von NgeliAlighting on a new flower the insect rubs a pollen grain on a stigma ready to receive it, and lo!
Little Masterpieces of Science: | VariousOr we may think of the shrunken dark star as the germ-cell, the pollen-grain, of the cosmic organism.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) | Henry Smith WilliamsIt is obvious that a "tall" ovule has an equal chance of being fertilised by a "tall" or a "dwarf" pollen grain.
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall PunnettEach of the 2x dwarf ovules, again, has an equal chance of being fertilised by a "tall" or by a "dwarf" pollen grain.
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall Punnett
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