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Pollen is a fine powder which contains the male gametes of plants which bear seeds. Pollen is produced by the plant's anthers. Pollen is the collective term of individual microspores called pollen grain.
The tapping panel dryness disease of the rubber plant is caused by viruses transmitted by seed and pollen.
Allergy to pollen is called hay fever.
The smallest pollen grain is that of __, which is 0.02-mm (0.0008-inch).
Ribbonweed's pollen floats to the female flower by a boat-like structure.
The transfer of pollen grains to the female is called pollination.