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Vinony

pollen

noun

  1. fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlən/ / /ˈpɑlən/

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
  2. 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.”

  3. Fine powder in general, fine flour.

    “and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne,[…]as well of pollen, as of other vitailes”

    “The bran, pollen and gurgions of this grain will be profitable to the miller; […]”

verb

Etymology: 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.

  1. To cover with, or as if with, pollen.