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pollinating

pollinating is the present participle and gerund of pollinate.

Meaning of pollinate

Verb

pollinate (third-person singular simple present pollinates, present participle pollinating, simple past and past participle pollinated)

  1. To apply pollen to (a stigma).
    • pollinate plants

See all 2 meanings of pollinate

Adjective

pollinating (not comparable)

  1. That pollinates, or leads to pollination

Questions about pollinating

What does pollinating mean?
Pollinating means that pollinates, or leads to pollination.
What is pollinating the present participle and gerund of?
Pollinating is the present participle and gerund of pollinate.
What part of speech is pollinating?
Pollinating is an adjective.

Words near pollinating in the dictionary

  1. Pollinas
  2. pollinastanol
  3. pollinate
  4. pollinated
  5. pollinates
  6. pollinating
  7. pollination
  8. pollinations
  9. pollinator
  10. pollinators
  11. pollinatory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pollinating (page history and authors); pollinate (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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