Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pollen is as below...

Fovilla :: Fovilla (n.) One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.

Deflorate :: Deflorate (a.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen.

Pollen :: Pollen (n.) Fine bran or flour.

Equipollently :: Equipollently (adv.) With equal power.

Pollinate :: Pollinate (v. t.) To apply pollen to (a stigma).

Caudicula :: Caudicula (n.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached..

Mule :: Mule (n.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.

Micropyle :: Micropyle (n.) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule..

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower..

Prepollent :: Prepollent (a.) Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.

Kneebrush :: Kneebrush (n.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural..

Anemorphilous :: Anemorphilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

Extine :: Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.

Equipollency :: Equipollency (n.) Equality of power, force, signification, or application..

Pollinose :: Pollinose (a.) Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen..

Self-fertilization :: Self-fertilization (n.) The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.

Orthogamy :: Orthogamy (n.) Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy..

Pollenize :: Pollenize (v. t.) To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen.

Intine :: Intine (n.) A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen..

Equipollent :: Equipollent (a.) Having equal power or force; equivalent.

Random Fonts

Most Popular