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Definition of Viscin

Viscin
Viscin Vis"cin, n. (Chem.) A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.

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- sticky material called viscin. Some viscin remains on the seed and when it touches a stem, it sticks tenaciously. The viscin soon hardens and attaches...
- the Onagraceae, however, the pollen grains are loosely held together by viscin threads, so only insects that are morphologically specialized to gather...
- style which divides into three zones (specialised for pollen deposition, viscin secretion, and the reception of pollen). The fruit is a drupe, a berry,...
- in shape. The pollen grains in many genera are loosely held together by viscin threads. Most bees cannot collect it, and only bees with specialized morphologies...
- to. Researchers describe "pollinia and caudicular viscin threads" but this particular type of viscin is later referred to as "elastoviscin" in the paper...
- containing one to several seeds embedded in very sticky juice, called viscin. The flowers are uni****ual, and depending on the species, the plant will...
- mistletoe seeds are enveloped in a hygroscopic, glue-like substance called viscin. Many fail to land on a suitable host's shoot, but some succeed, and in...
- multi-coloured, often black, purple, red or orange. The seeds are surrounded by viscin, which helps them adhere to tree branches. Dendropemon acutifolius Urb....
- several to many pollen grains travel together as in pollinia, polyads, viscin threads, etc., pollen donors may be able to monopolize stigmas and the ****ociated...