pollen
noun
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
pollens
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pluralof pollen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They also produced artificial foods designed to mimic either the amino acid composition of different pollens or the composition of honeybee tissues.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
She also explains that asthma is likely influenced by where someone lives—exposure to pollutants as well as the types of pollens or allergens can differ from region to region.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
"You can end up breathing in both pollens simultaneously, rather than having a bit of a break from one to the next," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2022
Climate scientists at the University of Michigan looked at 15 different plant pollens in the United States and used computer simulations to calculate how much worse allergy season will likely get by the year 2100.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Lynx, 6. visu pollens, The tayled fox, 7. the craftiest of all.
From The Orbis Pictus by Charles Hoole
