Pollen

Definitions

1. A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
   uncountable, usually
2. Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
   uncountable, usually
3. Fine powder in general, fine flour.
   obsolete, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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

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