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Noun: pollen tube
  1. (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

Derived forms: pollen tubes

Type of: plant part, plant structure

Encyclopedia: Pollen tube

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