pollinium
noun
an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.
pollinia
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pluralof pollinium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, in lineages that have pollinia, the speciation rate was 5.1% higher than in lineages that don’t, Givnish and colleagues report this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2015
In either case the change of position in the pollinia would insure the same result.
From My Studio Neighbors by William Hamilton Gibson
Will you have the kindness to look occasionally at your bee-Ophrys near Torquay, and see whether pollinia are ever removed?
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
The anthers have only rudimentary pollinia and do not open; there are no antennae, but on the other hand numerous seeds are produced.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
Pollen, a pair of pollinia of a Milkweed, Asclepias, attached by stalks to a gland; moderately magnified.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
