pollen
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈpɒlən//
- United States//ˈpɑlən//
A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
noun
- 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
obsoleteFine 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; […]
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.
verb
- 1
To cover with, or as if with, pollen.
Forms
- plural
- pollens
- past tense
- pollened
- past participle
- pollened
- present participle
- pollening
- third person singular
- pollens
pollen · A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
polls · A place where votes are cast in elections.polluted · Made unclean or impure.pollution · Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of…