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Stamened :: Stamen (n.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.

Prepollence :: Prepollence (n.) Alt. of Prepollenc.

Beebread :: Beebread (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young..

Equipollent :: Equipollent (a.) Having equal power or force; equivalent.

Farina :: Farina (n.) Pollen.

Prepollency :: Prepollency (n.) The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence.

Entomophilous :: Entomophilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.

Fertilization :: Fertilization (n.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation..

Intine :: Intine (n.) A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen..

Fecundate :: Fecundate (v. t.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma..

Scopuliped :: Scopuliped (n.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees..

Pollenized :: Pollenized (imp. & p. p.) of Polleniz.

Geitonogamy :: Geitonogamy (n.) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

Equipollence :: Equipollence (n.) Alt. of Equipollenc.

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower..

Valve :: Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry..

Equipollently :: Equipollently (adv.) With equal power.

Intextine :: Intextine (n.) A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in /nothera..

Micropyle :: Micropyle (n.) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule..

Orthogamy :: Orthogamy (n.) Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy..

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