GERM PORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does germ pore mean? 

• GERM PORE (noun)
  The noun GERM PORE has 1 sense:

1. a pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination

  Familiarity information: GERM PORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GERM PORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pore in the outer wall of a spore or pollen grain through which the germ tube or pollen tube makes its exit on germination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("germ pore" is a kind of...):

pore; stoma; stomate (a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass)