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pollen
- /ˈpɒlən/ UK
- /ˈpɑlən/ US
Rhymes with -ɒlən
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.
noun pollens
- A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
- Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
- Fine powder in general, fine flour. and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne,[…]as well of pollen, as of other vitailes
verb pollens · pollening · pollened
- To cover with, or as if with, pollen.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pollination, microspore, saccate, grass, stainability, trinucleate, poland, nonarboreal, polen, farina, microgametophytes, spores, microspores, pollinia, pollinium, bee-bread
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noun fine granular substance produced in flowers
| Español | polen |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 꽃가루 kkotgaru |
| 日本語 | 花粉 kafun |
| 中文 | 花粉 huāfěn |
| हिन्दी | पराग parāg, रेणुका reṇukā |
| Português | pólen |
| Français | pollen |
| Deutsch | Blütenstaub, Pollen |
| Italiano | polline |
| Ελληνικά | γύρη gýri |
| Română | polen |
| Русский | пыльца́ pylʹcá, цве́тень cvétenʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | phấn, phấn hoa |
| العربية | حُبُوبُ اللِّقَاح ḥubūbu l-liqāḥ, حُبُوبُ الطَّلْع ḥubūbu ṭ-ṭalʕ |
| עברית | אִבקָה |
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