Definition of pollen tube Pollen tube
pol•len tube
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What does pollen tube mean?
WordNet
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| pollen tube - (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule | ||
| plant part, plant structure any part of a plant or fungus | ||
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Wiktionary 
- 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.
