pollen tube

noun

The tube that develops from the wall of a pollen grain and, in seed plants, provides a passage through which the male nuclei reach the embryo sac to effect fertilization.

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Meanings

nounpollen tube (plural pollen tubes)

plural pollen tubes

  1. biologyThe tube that develops from the wall of a pollen grain and, in seed plants, provides a passage through which the male nuclei reach the embryo sac to effect fertilization.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
spermary

Translations

French tube pollinique
  • tube polliniquetube that develops from a pollen grain
German Pollenschlauch
  • Pollenschlauchtube that develops from a pollen grain
Italian tubo pollinico
  • tubo pollinicotube that develops from a pollen grain
Portuguese tubo polínico
  • tubo polínicotube that develops from a pollen grain
Spanish tubo polínico
  • tubo polínicotube that develops from a pollen grain
Cite this entry
APA

pollen tube. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollen%20tube

MLA

“pollen tube.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollen%20tube. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pollen tube,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollen%20tube.

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