- a fine powdery substance produced by the anthers of seed-bearing plants, consisting of numerous fine grains containing the male gametes
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pol•len /ˈpɑlən/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Botanythe fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores on flowering plants that fertilize other plants:She's allergic to pollen.
pol•len
(pol′ən),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
pol′len•less, adj.
pol′len•like′, adj.
pol•lin•ic
(pə lin′ik),USA pronunciation pol•lin′i•cal, adj.
- Botanythe fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
v.t.
- to pollinate.
- Neo-Latin, special use of Latin: fine flour, mill dust
- 1515–25;
pol′len•like′, adj.
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pollen /ˈpɒlən/ n
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Pollen /ˈpɒlən/ n
- Daniel. 1813–96, New Zealand statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister of New Zealand (1876)
'pollen' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
allergy
- anther
- beebread
- cell
- cross-pollination
- dehisce
- dehiscent
- dust
- fertilize
- hay fever
- hive
- honey mouse
- lory
- palynology
- pollen analysis
- pollen count
- pollinate
- prepotency
- ragweed
- self-pollination
- stamen
- stigma
- wind-borne
- abortive
- aerobiology
- airborne
- allergen
- anemophilous
- artillery plant
- autogamy
- charge
- conifer
- corbicula
- dactylus
- double fertilization
- exine
- favism
- fertile
- flower beetle
- geitonogamy
- honeycomb
- intine
- locule
- male-sterile
- mealy
- microspore
- pollen basket
- pollen brush
- pollen grain
- pollenosis