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polliniate

polliniate adjective: forming pollinia, coherent masses of pollen dispersed as a single unit.

Adjective

polliniate (not comparable)

  1. Forming pollinia, coherent masses of pollen dispersed as a single unit.
    • This is a polliniate orchid.

Origin of polliniate

From pollinium + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about polliniate

What does polliniate mean?
Polliniate means forming pollinia, coherent masses of pollen dispersed as a single unit.
What part of speech is polliniate?
Polliniate is an adjective.

Words near polliniate in the dictionary

  1. pollings
  2. Pollington
  3. Pollingtons
  4. pollinia
  5. pollinial
  6. polliniate
  7. pollinic
  8. pollinical
  9. pollinide
  10. pollinides
  11. polliniferous

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