| NOUN | plant | pollen tube | (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower |
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| Meaning | (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. | |
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| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
| Broader | plant part, plant structure | Any part of a plant or fungus |
| Spanish | tubo polínico | |
| Catalan | tub pol·línic | |
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