generative cell

American  

[jen-er-uh-tiv sel] / ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv ˈsɛl /

noun

1. Botany. a male reproductive cell found within a pollen grain of a seed-bearing plant, where it divides into two sperm cells.

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generative cell Scientific  

/ jĕn′ər-ə-tĭv /

1. A cell of the male gametophyte (pollen grain) of seed plants that divides to give rise directly or indirectly to sperm.

2. See more at pollination

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generative cell

The pollen contains two cells— a generative cell and a tube cell—and is covered by two layers called the intine and the exine.

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The male gametophyte containing the generative cell splits into two sperm nuclei, one of which fuses with the egg, while the other degenerates.

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Each pollen grain contains two cells: one generative cell that will divide into two sperm and a second cell that will become the pollen tube cell.

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Upon germination, the tube cell forms the pollen tube through which the generative cell migrates to enter the ovary.

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In Taxus the body-cell eventually divides into two, in which the products of division are of unequal size, the larger constituting the male generative cell, which fuses with the nucleus of the egg-cell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various