Pollen

  • 21pollen — n. the fine dustlike grains discharged from the male part of a flower containing the gamete that fertilizes the female ovule. Phrases and idioms: pollen analysis = PALYNOLOGY. pollen count an index of the amount of pollen in the air, published… …

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  • 22Pollen — Recorded in several spellings including Polen, Pollen, Pollin, Pawlin, Paulin, Pawling, Poulin and others, this interesting name is English and medieval. It has several possible origins. The first and most usual is as a diminutive from the given… …

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  • 23pollen — (pol lèn ) s. m. Terme de botanique. Matière fécondante des végétaux. Le pollen est renfermé dans les loges de l anthère. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. pollen, farine, ainsi dit de sa forme de poussière …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 24pollen — [16] Pollen originally meant ‘flour’ in English. Not until the 18th century was it taken up as a botanical term. It was borrowed from Latin pollen ‘powder, dust, flour’, a relative of pulvis ‘dust’ (source of English powder and pulverize) and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25pollen — pol|len sb., et, pollen, ene (blomsterstøv), i sms. pollen , fx pollenallergi, pollental …

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  • 26pollen —    Ehu, ehu.    ♦ Flower pollen, ehu pua.    ♦ Hīnano blossom pollen, ehu hīnano …

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  • 27Pollen — der Pollen, (Oberstufe) in den Staubblättern der Blüte gebildete männliche Geschlechtszelle Synonym: Blütenstaub Beispiel: Im Sommer sind die Allergie auslösenden Pollen in hoher Konzentration vorhanden …

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  • 28pollen — [16] Pollen originally meant ‘flour’ in English. Not until the 18th century was it taken up as a botanical term. It was borrowed from Latin pollen ‘powder, dust, flour’, a relative of pulvis ‘dust’ (source of English powder and pulverize) and… …

    Word origins

  • 29pollen — noun Etymology: New Latin pollin , pollen, from Latin, fine flour Date: circa 1760 1. a mass of microspores in a seed plant appearing usually as a fine dust 2. a dusty bloom on the body of an insect …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30pollen — noun /ˈpɒlən,ˈpɑlən/ A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Collective term for pollen grains or microspores produced in the anthers of flowering plants …

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