pollinium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.

Word forms

pollinium pollinia

Etymology

From pollen + -ium (“mass”).

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