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Pollen
The male fertilizing element of flowering PLANTS analogous to sperm in animals. It is released from the anthers as a dust, to be carried by insect or other vectors, including wind, to the ovary (stigma) of other FLOWERS to produce the embryo enclosed by the seed. The pollens of many plants are allergenic.
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