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pol·len
(pŏl′ən)n.
The fine powderlike material whose individual grains contain the male reproductive cells of seed plants. Pollen is produced in the anther in angiosperms and in the male cone in gymnosperms.
[Latin, fine flour.]
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pollen
(ˈpɒlən)n
(Botany) a fine powdery substance produced by the anthers of seed-bearing plants, consisting of numerous fine grains containing the male gametes
[C16: from Latin: powder; compare Greek palē pollen]
pollinic adj
Pollen
(ˈpɒlən)n
(Biography) Daniel. 1813–96, New Zealand statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister of New Zealand (1876)
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pol•len
(ˈpɒl ən)n.
1. the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores.
v.t. 2. to pollinate.
[1515–25; < New Latin; Latin: fine flour, mill dust]
pol•lin•ic (pəˈlɪn ɪk) pol•lin′i•cal, adj.
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pol·len
(pŏl′ən) Powdery grains that contain the male reproductive cells of most plants. In flowering plants, pollen is produced by the anthers of stamens.
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pollen
Spores produced by plants, containing male gametes.
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Noun | 1. | pollen - 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 |
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Translations
لُقاحلِقَاح
pyl
pollenblomsterstøv
PollenBlütenstaubPolle
siitepöly
peludpolen
pollenvirágpor
frjóduft
花粉
꽃가루
apdulkinimasapdulkintižiedadulkės
putekšņiziedputekšņi
stuifmeelpollen
peľ
cvetni prah
pollen
ละอองเกสรดอกไม้
phấn hoa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pollen
n → Blütenstaub m, → Pollen m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pollen
(ˈpolən) noun the powder inside a flower which fertilizes other flowers. Bees carry pollen from flower to flower.
pollinate (ˈpoləneit) verb to make (a plant) fertile by carrying pollen to it from another flower. Insects pollinate the flowers.
ˌpolliˈnation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pollen
→ لِقَاح 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pol·len
n. polen;
___ count → conteo de ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pollen
n polen mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.