Pollen (Noun)
Meaning
The fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Bees collect pollen from flowers and use it to make bee bread, a protein-rich food source for their young.
- Pollen grains are so small that they are almost invisible to the naked eye.
- The anther of the flower produced a large amount of yellow pollen that filled the air.
- In flowering plants, pollen is the male gamete or sperm cell that fertilizes the egg cell.
- Pollen is released into the air by the anther and can travel long distances to fertilize other plants.