sporopollenin

[ spawr-uh-pol-uh-nin ]

/ ˌspɔr əˈpɒl ə nɪn /

noun

an inert, tough polymer forming the resistant outer coat of a pollen grain or spore.

Words nearby sporopollenin

sporont, sporophore, sporophyll, sporophyte, sporoplasm, sporopollenin, sporothrix, sporotrichosis, sporozoa, sporozoan, sporozoite

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Science definitions for sporopollenin

sporopollenin

[ spôr′ə-pŏl′ə-nĭn ]

An organic polymer that is extremely resistant to degradation. Pollen grains and many kinds of spores have a protective outer coating of sporopollenin, which is so durable that microfossils of sporopollenin are found in rocks over 500 million years old.