English Explanatory Dictionary

pollen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
  2. Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
  3. Fine powder in general, fine flour.
verb
  1. To cover with, or as if with, pollen.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒlən/ /ˈpɑlən/ en-us-pollen.ogg

Word forms

pollen pollens pollening pollened

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.

Related words

pollinate palyno- palynologic palynological palynologist palynology

Derived words

I'm allergic to pollen nonpollen pollen analysis pollenarious pollen basket pollen count pollen counter pollen grain pollen granule polleniferous pollenin pollenize pollenise pollenless pollenlike pollen mother cell pollen parent pollenproof pollen sac pollen season pollen spore pollen tube pollen vortex pollen wasp polleny pollination polliniferous pollinivore pollinivorous sporopollen sporopollenin
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