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pollination
[ pol-uh-ney-shuhn ]
pollination
/ pŏl′ə-nā′shən /
- The process by which plant pollen is transferred from the male reproductive organs to the female reproductive organs to form seeds. In flowering plants, pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma, often by the wind or by insects. In cone-bearing plants, male cones release pollen that is usually borne by the wind to the ovules of female cones.
pollination
- The carrying of pollen grains (the male sex cells in plants) to the female sex cells for fertilization . Pollination can occur between plants when pollen is carried by the wind or by insects such as the honeybee ( see cross-fertilization ), or within the same plant, in which case it is called self-fertilization.
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- postpol·li·nation adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pollination1
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Example Sentences
Bats are crucial to the ecosystem, performing extremely valuable jobs like pollination and insect control.
Do you want to see more cross-pollination between Spidey and the other characters in the Marvel universe, like The Avengers?
What are your experiences, from the practical publishing side, of your diversity of book types and cross-pollination of genres?
The Agriculture Department estimates that insect-pollination directly contributes $20 billion to the U.S. economy annually.
Almond farms in California are especially reliant on bee pollination.
In a few forms that have a very disagreeable odor, pollination is effected by night flying insects.
Every fruit and nut grower should know the simple theory of pollination.
He describes in the Notulae his observations on the ovules and pollination of various Coniferae and Gnetaceae.
Careful study of some fall flower fitted for insect pollination with an insect as pollinating agent.
To make sure of cross pollination nature has in some cases placed the stamens and pistils in different flowers on the same plant.
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