pollen grain
noun
a single granule of pollen.
Origin of pollen grain
First recorded in 1825–35
Words nearby pollen grain
pollen,
pollen analysis,
pollen basket,
pollen brush,
pollen count,
pollen grain,
pollen mother cell,
pollen sac,
pollen tube,
pollenosis,
pollera
Example sentences from the Web for pollen grain
Or we may think of the shrunken dark star as the germ-cell, the pollen-grain, of the cosmic organism.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) |Henry Smith WilliamsAfter the entrance of the pollen-grain the pollen-chamber becomes roofed over by a blunt protuberance of nucellar tissue.
Within the pollen-grain is the granular protoplasm with some oily particles, and occasionally starch.