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
Anthers tipped with an inflexed or sometimes erect scarious membrane, the cells lower than the top of the stigma; pollinia suspended.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
In either case the change of position in the pollinia would insure the same result.
From My Studio Neighbors by William Hamilton Gibson
I found the other day a lot of bee-Ophrys with the glands of the pollinia all in their pouches.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
Only visitors long of limb can easily remove the pollinia, which are usually found dangling from the hairs of their legs.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
