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noun
A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, palynology, physical-sciences
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noun
a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pollen
History
Etymology tree English pollen Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English pollinium From pollen + -ium (“mass”).
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