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pol⋅len

  [pol-uhn]
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–noun
1. the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
–verb (used with object)
2. to pollinate.
Origin:
1515–25; < NL, special use of L: fine flour, mill dust

Related forms:
pol⋅len⋅less, adjective
pol⋅len⋅like, adjective
pol⋅lin⋅ic  [puh-lin-ik] , pol⋅lin⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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pol·len   (pŏl'ən)   
n.  The fine powderlike material consisting of pollen grains that is produced by the anthers of seed plants.

[Latin, fine flour.]
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Cultural Dictionary

pollen

The male sex cells in plants. In flowering plants, pollen is produced in thin filaments in the flower called stamens. (See fertilization and pollination.)

Note: When pollen is carried into the air by the wind, it frequently causes allergic reactions (see allergy) in humans.
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Word Origin & History

pollen 
1760 as a botanical term for the fertilizing element of flowers (from Linnæus, 1751), earlier "dust" (1523), from L. pollen "mill dust, fine flour," related to polenta "peeled barley," and pulvis (gen. pulveris) "dust," from PIE base *pel- "dust, porridge made of meal" (cf. Gk. poltos "pap, porridge," Skt. palalam "ground seeds," Lith. pelenai, O.C.S. popelu, Rus. pepelo "ashes"). Pollination is first recorded 1875, from Fr. pollination, formed 1812 from L. pollen.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pol·len
Pronunciation: 'päl-&n
Function: noun
: a mass of male spores in a seed plant appearing usually as a fine dust
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Medical Dictionary

pollen pol·len (pŏl'ən)
n.
Microspores of seed plants carried by wind or insects prior to fertilization.

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