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pollens

pollens is the plural of pollen.

Meaning of pollen

Noun

pollen (usually uncountable, plural pollens)

  1. (usually) A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
  2. (usually) Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
    • In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.2013 May–June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
  3. (obsolete, usually) Fine powder in general, fine flour.
    • and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne,[…]as well of pollen, as of other vitailes1523–1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles, translation of original by Jean Froissart

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Questions about pollens

What is pollens the plural of?
Pollens is the plural of pollen.

Words near pollens in the dictionary

  1. pollenlike
  2. pollenophagous
  3. pollenoses
  4. pollenosis
  5. pollenproof
  6. pollens
  7. pollent
  8. polleny
  9. poller
  10. pollera
  11. polleras

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