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pollen mother cell

noun

Definition of POLLEN MOTHER CELL

:  a cell that is derived from the hypodermis of the pollen sac and that gives rise by meiosis to four cells each of which develops into a pollen grain
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First Known Use of POLLEN MOTHER CELL

1884

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