Gland

• Title

  Gland

• Definition

  A secretory structure such as a floral or extrafloral nectary; a glandlike body whether it is secretory or not; e.g., the body connecting, via translators, the two pollinia of Apocynaceae subfamily Asclepiadoideae.

• Related Terms

  Translator (=translator arm)

  Pollinium (plural = pollinia)

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