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Pollination

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pollenationnounAlternative form of pollination. [(botany) The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.]

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pollenationnounAlternative form of pollination. [(botany) The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.]
pollennounA fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
cross-pollinationnoun(figurative) Inspiration, stimulation, or influence between diverse elements.
hydrophilous(biology) That grows or thrives in or near water
fertilizationnounThe act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
vaccinationnounInoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
fertilisationnoun(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of fertilization. [The act or process of rendering fertile.]
self pollinationnoun(botany) the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a plant of the same species
pollenizationnounpollination
anemophily(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
pollinatornoun(biology) the agent that pollinates a plant; often an insect
geitonogamynoun(botany) Transfer of pollen grains from the anther of a flower to the stigma of another flower of the same plant.
anemogamynoun(botany) The dispersal of pollen by the wind.
entomophily(botany) pollination by insects
pollen parentnoun(botany) The plant that contributes male reproductive material, the pollen.
anthernoun(botany) The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
testivationnoun(botany) The production of pollen by the stamens
pollinisernounAlternative form of pollenizer. [A plant that provides pollen.]
pollenisernounAlternative form of pollenizer. [A plant that provides pollen.]
stigmanoun(figurative) A negative and often unfair attitude (held by a group or society, to something).

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