Bisaccate

/baɪˈsækɪt/ adjective

Definition

In botany, describing a pollen grain or spore that has two sac-like or air-filled bladders attached to it.

Etymology

From Latin 'bis' (twice) and 'saccus' (sack or pouch). Technical botanical term describing the morphology of certain pollen types, especially in conifers.

Kelly Says

Those little pollen sacs you see floating in spring air as 'yellow dust'?—many are bisaccate, and those air bladders help them travel incredible distances on the wind like tiny botanical parachutes!

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