pollen tube

English

Noun

pollen tube (plural pollen tubes)

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

Translations

tube that develops from a pollen grain

French: tube pollinique m
German: Pollenschlauch m
Italian: tubo pollinico m
Portuguese: tubo polínico m
Spanish: tubo polínico m

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