pollination

[ pol-uh-ney-shuh n ]

/ ˌpɒl əˈneɪ ʃən /

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noun Botany.

the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma.

Nearby words

pollex, pollice verso, pollicitation, pollicization, pollinate, pollination, polling, polling booth, polling place, polling station, pollini-

Origin of pollination

First recorded in 1870–75; pollinate + -ion

Related forms

post·pol·li·na·tion, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pollination

Bats are crucial to the ecosystem, performing extremely valuable jobs like pollination and insect control.
Bats’ Link to Ebola Finally Solved|Carrie Arnold|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More important, the absence of bees disrupted the pollination cycles of everything from fruit trees to wheat fields.
The Texas Drought Seen Firsthand from the Eyes of Ranchers|Malcolm Jones|August 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Many blame our increased use of chemical pesticides and herbicides, which honeybees ingest during the pollination process.
The Caviar of Condiments Under Threat|Katie Workman|September 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
As the result of the pollination the ovary developes into a dry 1-seeded indehiscent fruit.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

A failure to set fruit in the greenhouse is often due to lack of pollination, which must be remedied by hand pollination.
Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato|William Warner Tracy
In a few forms that have a very disagreeable odor, pollination is effected by night flying insects.
Philippine Mats|Hugo H. Miller
Nature has several interesting ways of bringing about pollination.
Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett
The defects of the Japanese walnut most frequently mentioned are lack of flavor and pollination deficiencies.
Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association

Science definitions for pollination

pollination

[ pŏl′ə-nā′shən ]

The process by which plant pollen is transferred from the male reproductive organs to the female reproductive organs to form seeds. In flowering plants, pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma, often by the wind or by insects. In cone-bearing plants, male cones release pollen that is usually borne by the wind to the ovules of female cones.

Related forms

pollinate verb

Culture definitions for pollination

pollination

The carrying of pollen grains (the male sex cells in plants) to the female sex cells for fertilization. Pollination can occur between plants when pollen is carried by the wind or by insects such as the honeybee (see cross-fertilization), or within the same plant, in which case it is called self-fertilization.