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pollen season

pollen season noun: the time when certain plants produce large quantities of pollen, in temperate climate zones usually in spring or summer.

Noun

pollen season (plural pollen seasons)

  1. The time when certain plants produce large quantities of pollen, in temperate climate zones usually in spring or summer.
    • Climate breakdown has extended the pollen season in the UK and mainland Europe by between one and two weeks since the 1990s, a study has found, adding itchy eyes and runny noses to the harm wrought by fossil fuel pollution.2026 April 22, Ajit Niranjan, “Pollen season in UK and mainland Europe extended by climate breakdown”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of pollen season

pluralpollen seasons

Questions about pollen season

What does pollen season mean?
Pollen season means the time when certain plants produce large quantities of pollen, in temperate climate zones usually in spring or summer.
What part of speech is pollen season?
Pollen season is a noun.
What is the plural of pollen season?
The plural of pollen season is pollen seasons.

Words near pollen season in the dictionary

  1. pollen grain
  2. pollen grains
  3. pollen granule
  4. pollen parent
  5. pollen parents
  6. pollen season
  7. pollen seasons
  8. pollen spore
  9. pollen tube
  10. pollen tubes
  11. pollen vortex

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