pollinarium
UK/ˌpɒlɪˈnɛəɹi.əm/US/ˌpɑləˈnɛɹi.əm/
pollinarium noun: the structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium.
Noun
pollinarium (plural pollinaria)
Forms of pollinarium
| plural | pollinaria |
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Origin of pollinarium
First used in H. F. Link's Elementa philosophiæ botanicæ (1824), formed from classical Latin pollin- (pollen) and the suffix -arium (place for).¹
Words that rhyme with pollinarium
- columbarium
- tepidarium
- caldarium
- sacrarium
- -arium
- herbarium
- necessarium
- ocularium
- samarium
- vestiarium
- acarinarium
- allylsamarium
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- antiquarium
- aquaterrarium
- argentarium
- armamentarium
- ascidiarium
- avicularium
- balsamarium
- bullarium
- bunarium
- calendarium
- calidarium
- calvarium
- canarium
- chilarium
- cibarium
- cinerarium
- clavicularium
- cochlearium
- collectarium
- collunarium
- cometarium
- conarium
- demecarium
- dibarium
- disamarium
- disciplinarium
- dissepimentarium
- emissarium
- evangelarium
- formicarium
- frigidarium
- fusarium
- gerbilarium
- germarium
- glaciarium
- glirarium
- gnathochilarium
- herpetarium
- hexabarium
- imaginarium
- insectarium
- Intermarium
- intracalvarium
- itinerarium
- juvenarium
- lactarium
- lararium
- larvarium
Questions about pollinarium
- What does pollinarium mean?
- Pollinarium means the structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium.
- What part of speech is pollinarium?
- Pollinarium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pollinarium?
- Pollinarium is pronounced /ˌpɒlɪˈnɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pollinarium?
- The plural of pollinarium is pollinaria.
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