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adosculation

adosculation noun: impregnation by external contact, without intromission.

Noun

adosculation (uncountable)

  1. impregnation by external contact, without intromission
    • in plants, adosculaton is when pollen falling on pistils.

adosculation meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

adosculation in Tamil

புணராக்கரு

adosculation in Bengali

উদ্ভিদের কলম, সংযোজনের পদ্ধতি

adosculation in Kannada

ಹೊರಬಸಿರ್ದುಂಬಿಕೆ

Origin of adosculation

From Latin adosculari, adosculatum (“to kiss”). See osculate.

Questions about adosculation

What does adosculation mean?
Adosculation means impregnation by external contact, without intromission.
What is adosculation in Tamil?
Adosculation in Tamil is புணராக்கரு. See Adosculation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adosculation?
Adosculation is a noun.

Words near adosculation in the dictionary

  1. adornos
  2. adorns
  3. adorns oneself with borrowed plumes
  4. adorsed
  5. ados
  6. adosculation
  7. ADOSes
  8. Adoshem
  9. adosilog
  10. adosopine
  11. adosterol

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: adosculation (page history and authors); adosculation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adosculation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adosculation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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