• hperrin@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Do you think that part of the definition of living organism is that it can’t be a powder? Also, do you think sperm are living organisms?

    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one
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      10 months ago

      Pollen isnt sperm. Pollen is the heavily regressed secondary generation. All plants follow alternate generations.

      Pollen is the male semiclonal offspring of a dominant angiosperm form. The female lives within the heart of flowers, where they wait for pollen males to arrive and enseminate them.

      And, yes, the definition of powder is a dry solid that sheers into fine particles. Pollen isnt a dry solid, its a bunch of organisms that are just very small. You could turn pollen into powder by killing, crushing, and drying it. But thats the same as sawdust.