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adjective
1.
Botany
.
producing or bearing pollen.
2.
Zoology
.
fitted for carrying pollen.
Also called
polleniferous.
Origin:
1820–30;
<
Neo-Latin
pollin-
(stem of
pollen
)
pollen
+
-i-
+
-ferous
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group of mostly aquatic eukaryotic organisms which conduct photosynthesis and make their own food
organisms having pairs of homologous chromosomes
organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy
plants without a xylem and phloem to transport fluid and nutrients internally
phase in plant life which begins with a spore produced by meiosis
plants with true roots, stems and leaves dispersed by spores because they don't produce seeds
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polliniferous
or
polleniferous
(ˌpɒlɪˈnɪfərəs)
—
adj
1.
producing pollen:
polliniferous plants
2.
specialized for carrying pollen:
the polliniferous legs of bees
polleniferous
or
polleniferous
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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