Definitions
Fine powder from flowers that helps plants reproduce.
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.
Used in a sentence
“In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.”
“and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne,[…]as well of pollen, as of other vitailes”
“The bran, pollen and gurgions of this grain will be profitable to the miller; […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Powder from blooms”6 letters
02“Flower dust”6 letters
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