Meaning Of The Word Pollen tube

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Pollen tube Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Pollen tube?

pollen tube in American English
the tubelike growth that emerges from a germinating pollen grain and enters the embryo sac in an ovule: a male gamete passes through it to fertilize the female gamete
noun: the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule

pollen tube in British English
noun: a hollow tubular outgrowth that develops from a pollen grain after pollination, grows down the style to the ovule, and conveys male gametes to the egg cell

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