pollinoid Bot.
(ˈpɒlɪnɔɪd)
[f. as prec. + -oid.]
Each of the (non-motile) male fertilizing cells of certain Cryptograms, as the red seaweeds, and the ascomycetous fungi.
| 1892 Chambers' Encycl. IX. 289/1 (Seaweeds) The male organs [of Dictyotaceæ] produce non-motile fertilising cells resembling the pollinoids of the Rhodophyceæ. |