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pollinose

pollinose adjective: having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.

Adjective

pollinose (comparative more pollinose, superlative most pollinose)

  1. Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.

Forms of pollinose

comparativemore pollinose
superlativemost pollinose

Origin of pollinose

From oblique stem of Latin pollen, pollinis + -ose.

Questions about pollinose

What does pollinose mean?
Pollinose means having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.
What part of speech is pollinose?
Pollinose is an adjective.

Words near pollinose in the dictionary

  1. pollinodial
  2. pollinodium
  3. pollinoid
  4. pollinoids
  5. pollinophagy
  6. pollinose
  7. pollinoses
  8. pollinosis
  9. pollinosity
  10. Pollins
  11. Pollio

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