What is Pollen? A Basic Definition

Pollen \Pol"len\, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf.
         Gr.
   ?]
   1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] --Bailey.
    
          [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike
         cells of the anthers of
      flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of
         Filament.
      [1913
         Webster]

   Pollen
         grain
         (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen.

   Pollen mass, a
         pollinium. --Gray.

   Pollen sac, a compartment of an
         anther containing pollen,
      -- usually there are four
         in each anther.

   Pollen tube, a slender tube which
         issues from the pollen
      grain on its contact with the
         stigma, which it penetrates,
      thus conveying, it is
         supposed, the fecundating matter of
      the grain to the
         ovule.
      [1913 Webster]

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Off-site Pollen Links, User Submitted

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Wed Aug 20

• Allergie-Behan dlung Wien Dr.Enzenberg"G esundinSchoenb runn.at
• Sex Pollen Pornomeme!: There's a lot of amazing fic in the comments to this entry, all of it on the sex pollen theme. Worth pawing through, if you have the time. Various pairings, largely MCR and Panic.

Mon Aug 18

• Blogallergie - Erlebnisse einer Betroffenen: Seit meiner Geburt bin ich an Asthma, Neurodermitis und diversen Allergien erkrankt. Auch wenn der Name diese Blogs vermuten lassen könnte, dass es thematisch gegen Blogs gehen könnte, ist dies natürlich falsch. Ich werde hier über meine Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse mit meinem "Probleme n" berichten. Schaut Euch um und scheut Euch nicht mir Eure Erfahrungen zu schreiben.

Thu Aug 14

• Stiftung Deutscher Polleninformat ionsdienst
• Wetter und Klima - Deutscher Wetterdienst -- Biowetter
• Pollenflugkale nder
• Heti pollen jelentés
• It's not over yet: GSF with Quinn under the spell of sex pollen. Yeah, another kind of story I swore I would never write. Love you, Used fandom! Never change! Kind of excited about the perspective risk I took here, although I don't know that it worked out.

Wed Aug 13

• Allergy Allergies and Hay Fever - Pollen.com - 4 Day Allergy Alert Forecast

Mon Aug 11

• The LifeCo - Lifestyle Guide - Nutrition
• Fossil and Surface Pollen Data - WDC for Paleoclimatolo gy

Sun Aug 10

• Pollen on bullets could help solve gun crimes: If all ammunition were marked with pollen tags, they could help police find out when and where a bullet had been bought. The nanotags are also difficult to remove from clothes and hands, so it would be possible to prove that a suspect had handled a particular batch of ammunition. The pollen tags could be combined with another method developed by the same team that involves roughening the surface of the bullet at a very fine scale so as to capture dead skin cells from the thumb of someone handling it.

Wed Aug 6

• Häagen-Dazs - Help the Honey Bees

Tue Aug 5

• Allergy Allergies and Hay Fever - Pollen.com - 4 Day Allergy Alert Forecast

Thu Jul 31

• How To Survive Seasonal Allergies | eHow.com: steps you can take to alleviate seasonal allergies

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