Definition of Pollin
Pol"len (?), n. [L. pollen fine
flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. &?;] 1. Fine bran or
flour. [Obs.] Bailey.
2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike
cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust.
of Filament.
Pollen grain (Bot.), a particle or
call of pollen. -- Pollen mass, a
pollinium. Gray. -- Pollen sac, a
compartment of an anther containing pollen, -- usually there are four
in each anther. -- Pollen tube, a slender
tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the
stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the
fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Collective term for pollen grains or microspores produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
German
- (Computing) to periodically check the status of a device or variable.
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