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to pollenate

to pollenate

4.2
To move pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part so the plant makes seeds
  • verb
  • /ˈpɒlɪneɪt/
translation icon : polinizar
  • Many bees help to pollenate flowers in the garden each spring.

Examples

  • Bees pollenate flowers.

  • Farmers sometimes use brushes to pollenate plants by hand in greenhouses.

  • If there are no insects, the wind may still pollenate certain types of crops.

  • The gardener pollinates the plants by hand.

  • Many insects, especially bees, play a crucial role in helping to pollenate various flowers in the garden.

  • Farmers often need to pollenate their crops by hand when there aren't enough pollinators around.

  • In spring, the warm weather encourages plants to pollenate, ensuring a bountiful season of growth.

Synonyms

to fertilize
vsto pollenate
  • Specialized
34 4.0

To make an egg or plant cell start growing by joining it with a male cell

focuses specifically on plants and on transferring pollen from male to female parts
to pollinate
vsto pollenate
12 4.2

To move pollen from one flower to another so it can make seeds

is about moving pollen from male parts to female parts generally
to fecundate
vsto pollenate
  • Specialized
9.9

To make a living thing able to have babies or produce fruit

is limited to plants and to moving pollen from male parts to female parts

Antonyms

to sterilize
  • Specialized
15 5.8

To make a person or animal unable to have children by a medical operation

How Effective

to fertilize
  • Specialized
34 4.0
to pollenate
4.2
to brush
133 1.6

Surface Forms

pollenate infinitive
polinate infinitive
pollenated past
polinated past
pollenated past participle
polinated past participle
pollenating present participle
polinating present participle
pollenates third person singular
polinates third person singular

Morphology

pollenate = pollen (transparent) = pollen + ate

The verb is directly formed from 'pollen' + verb-forming '-ate', meaning to apply pollen.

Etymology

Pollenate comes from pollen, a Latin word meaning 'fine dust' or 'powder', plus the verb ending -ate that means 'to make'. So to pollenate is to move that flower dust from one part of a plant to another so the plant can make seeds.