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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Fovillæ

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[Dim. fr. L.

fovere to cherish

(Bot.)

One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.

Noun.

[L. foveo.] A fine substance, imperceptible to the naked eye, emitted from the pollen of flowers.

fovilla ‎(plural fovillae)