OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n. the fine dustlike grains discharged from the male part of a flower containing the gamete that fertilizes the female ovule.
pollen analysis = PALYNOLOGY. pollen count an index of the amount of pollen in the air, published esp. for the benefit of those allergic to it.
pollenless adj. pollinic adj.
L pollen pollinis fine flour, dust
THESAURUS
androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, male gamete, milt, protein, scum, seed, semen, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cell, spermagonium, spermatic fluid, spermatid, spermatiophore, spermatium, spermatocyte, spermatogonium, spermatophore, spermatozoa, spermatozoid, spermatozoon