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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, the contents of a pollen-grain, consisting of coarsely granular protoplasm and other matters.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.

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  • noun botany One of the fine granules in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.

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Diminutive from Latin fovere to cherish.

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