pollen
Meaning of pollen
noun
a fine powdery substance, typically yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone. Each grain contains a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule, to which pollen is transported by the wind, insects, or other animals.
mid 18th century: from Latin, literally ‘fine powder’.
Information about pollen
- It is a name.
- The plural form of pollen is: pollens.
- Languages in which pollen is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of pollen
pollen
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- pollen is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of pollen
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