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pollinarium

pollinarium

9.9
A part of some flowers that sticks to insects and carries pollen to make seeds
  • noun
  • /ˌpɒlɪˈnɛəriəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : polinario
  • Many flowers have a pollinarium to aid in pollination.

Examples

  • Each pollinarium contains all the pollen needed for a single pollination event.

  • Scientists studied how the pollinarium is transferred between flowers by bees.

  • The pollinarium of the orchid attaches to insects to ensure effective pollination.

  • The orchid's pollinarium is crucial for its reproduction.

  • The flower's pollinarium allows it to transfer pollen to visiting insects effectively.

  • When the bee lands on the flower, it picks up the pollinarium, which carries pollen to other plants.

  • The pollinarium is crucial for orchids, helping them reproduce by attaching pollen to pollinators.

Synonyms

pollinium
vspollinarium
  • Specialized
9.9

A compact mass of pollen grains found in orchids and some other plants

contains and moves that pollen mass as a unit during pollination

Surface Forms

pollinarium singular
pollinaria plural

Morphology

pollinarium = pollen (semi-transparent) = pollin + arium

Formally built from 'pollen' + the noun-forming suffix '-arium', which signals a thing related to pollen, but the exact technical sense is specialized and requires botanical knowledge.

Etymology

Pollinarium comes from pollen meaning 'fine dust' and the ending -arium meaning 'place for' or 'thing for', like in aquarium. So a pollinarium is literally a 'pollen thing', a small holder of pollen that orchids attach to insects so the pollen moves as one unit during pollination.