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generative nucleus

noun

Definition of GENERATIVE NUCLEUS

:  the one of the two nuclei resulting from the first division in the pollen grain of a seed plant that gives rise to sperm nuclei — compare tube nucleus
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First Known Use of GENERATIVE NUCLEUS

circa 1892

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