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pollen

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pol·len  (pln)
n.
The fine powderlike material consisting of pollen grains that is produced by the anthers of seed plants.

[Latin, fine flour.]

pollen [ˈpɒlən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a fine powdery substance produced by the anthers of seed-bearing plants, consisting of numerous fine grains containing the male gametes
[from Latin: powder; compare Greek palē pollen]
pollinic  [pəˈlɪnɪk] adj

Pollen [ˈpɒlən]
n
(Biographies / Pollen, Daniel (1813-1896) M, New Zealandnational of birth: Irish, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Daniel. 1813-96, New Zealand statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister of New Zealand (1876)

pollen  (pln)
Powdery grains that contain the male reproductive cells of most plants. In gymnosperms, pollen is produced by male cones or conelike structures. In angiosperms, pollen is produced by the anthers at the end of stamens in flowers. Each pollen grain contains a generative cell, which divides into two nuclei (one of which fertilizes the egg), and a tube cell, which grows into a pollen tube to conduct the generative cell or the nuclei into the ovule. The pollen grain is the male gametophyte generation of seed-bearing plants. In gymnosperms, each pollen grain also contains two sterile cells (called prothallial cells), thought to be remnants of the vegetative tissue of the male gametophyte.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pollenpollen - the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
spore - a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"
pollinium - a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids)
ragweed pollen - pollen of the ragweed plant is a common allergen
Translations
pollen [ˈpɒlən]
A. Npolen m
B. CPD pollen allergy Nalergia f polínica
pollen count Nrecuento m polínico
pollen grain Ngrano m de polen

pollen [ˈpɒlən] npollen m
pollen count ntaux m de pollen

pollen
nBlütenstaub m, → Pollen m

pollen [ˈpɒlən] npolline m
pollen [ˈpɒlən] npolline m

pollen
n pollen [ˈpolən]
the powder inside a flower which fertilizes other flowers Bees carry pollen from flower to flower. stuifmeel لُقاح прашец pyl pollen; blomsterstøv der Pollen γύρη polen õietolm گرده siitepöly pollen אַבקַת פְרָחִים .पराग pelud virágpor, pollen tepung sari frjóduft polline 花粉 꽃가루 žiedadulkės []putekšņi debunga stuifmeel pollen, blomsterstøv pyłek pólen polen цветочная пыльца peľ cvetni prah polen pollen, frömjöl ละอองเกสรดอกไม้ çiçek tozu, polen 花粉 пилок پھول کا زيرہ phấn hoa
v pollinate [ˈpoləneit]
to make (a plant) fertile by carrying pollen to it from another flower Insects pollinate the flowers. bestuif يُلَقِّح опрашвам opylit bestøve bestäuben γονιμοποιώ με γύρη polinizar tolmeldama گرده افشانی کردن pölyttää féconder לְהַאֲבִיק पराग सीचना oprašiti beporoz (növényt) menyerbuki frjóvga, fræva impollinare 授粉する 수(정)분하다 apdulkinti apputeksnēt mendebungakan bestuiven bestøve zapylać polinizar a pole­niza опылять opeliť oprašiti oprašiti pollinera ผสมเกสรดอกไม้ polenlemek, çiçek tozuyla döllemek 傳花粉給... запилювати زيرہ کي منتقلي سے زرخيز بنانا thụ phấn ...
n polliˈnation
bestuiwing تَلْقيح، تأبير опрашване opylení bestøvning die Bestäubung γονιμοποίηση, επικονίαση polinización tolmlemine گرده افشانی pölytys pollinisation הַאֲבָקָה परागण oprašivanje beporzás penyerbukan frævun impollinazione 授粉 수분(작용) apdulkinimas apputeksnēšana pendebungaan bestuiving bestøving zapylanie polinização polenizare опыление opelenie oprašitev oprašivanje pollinering การผสมเกสรดอกไม้ çiçek tozu yayma 傳花粉 запилення, запилювання زرخيز بنانے کا عمل sự thụ phấn

pollen لقاح pyl pollen Pollen γύρη polen siitepöly pollen pelud polline 花粉 꽃가루 stuifmeel pollen pyłek kwiatowy pólen пыльца pollen ละอองเกสรดอกไม้ çiçek tozu phấn hoa 花粉


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A beekeeper, seeing the bee collect pollen from flowers and carry it to the hive, says that it exists to gather honey.
He licked the pollen and dust from his dry lips, stiffened himself, mind and body, and rode out into the blazing sunshine.
In the case of the misseltoe, which draws its nourishment from certain trees, which has seeds that must be transported by certain birds, and which has flowers with separate sexes absolutely requiring the agency of certain insects to bring pollen from one flower to the other, it is equally preposterous to account for the structure of this parasite, with its relations to several distinct organic beings, by the effects of external conditions, or of habit, or of the volition of the plant itself.
 
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