polliniferous

American  

[pol-uh-nif-er-uhs] / ˌpɒl əˈnɪf ər əs /

Or polleniferous

adjective

1. Botany. producing or bearing pollen.

2. Zoology. fitted for carrying pollen.

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polliniferous British  

/ ˌpɒlɪˈnɪfərəs /

adjective

1. producing pollen

   polliniferous plants

2. specialized for carrying pollen

   the polliniferous legs of bees

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Etymology

Origin of polliniferous

First recorded in 1800–10; pollen + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

It would seem probable from the appearances presented by the figure that these ovules were, some of them, polliniferous, like those of the Passiflora, &c., described at p.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Now, in this case, the margins of the anther were coherent to form the cup, and the pollen was emitted along a line separating the polliniferous from the petaloid portion of the anther.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Similar section showing the effect of the pushing back of a2 by the bee, and the downward swinging of the polliniferous half-anther so as to dust the bee's back with pollen.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir