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fovilla Bot.|fəʊˈvɪlə|
[mod.Lat., used by Linnæus in 1766 (Syst. Nat. ii. 6).]
The substance contained in the pollen-cells.
In ed. 1735 Linnæus calls it farina, in 1744 pulvis, in 1758 elater; it is stated (Bischoff Bot. Term.) that he somewhere uses the word favilla in the same sense. Perh. fovilla is an alteration of favilla, suggested by the word fovere to cherish, which actually occurs in the context in ed. 1766.
1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Fovilla, a fine substance, imperceptible to the naked eye, exploded by the pollen in the anthers of flowers. 1816Keith Phys. Bot. 114 Emitting a subtile and elastic vapour, or sort of fovilla which swims on the surface. 1870Bentley Bot. 255 The matter contained within the coat or coats of the pollen-cell is called the fovilla. |