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pollination

pollination

9 3.7
The transfer of pollen to a flower's female part so it makes seeds
  • noun
  • /ˌpɒləˈneɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : polinización
  • Honeybees and wild bees are vital for the pollination of crops, including fruits and vegetables.
  • pollination of flowers
  • pollination of crops
  • pollination by bees

Well, hand pollination is a way of increasing the fruit set rate.

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Examples

  • Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male reproductive organ stamen to the female reproductive organ, the pistil?

  • For most crops, both crop yield and quality are enhanced by effective pollination.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Instead, researchers can study the DNA left on flowers and insects to map pollination networks.

  • The maintenance of pollination presents a particularly critical problem in wet environments.

    Academic text (1996)
  • From plant pollination to pest control, bats are an essential part of our ecosystems.

  • Thus, extensive spraying of fruit trees with insecticides is incompatible with pollination of flowers and, hence, production of fruit.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Honeybees and wild bees are vital for pollination of crops, including fruits and vegetables.

  • We run around four thousand colonies of bees for honey production and pollination purposes.

  • The collapse of honeybee hives and the enormous demand for almond pollination have sent their prices soaring.

Compounds

Mixing ideas from different people or fields to make new solutions

cross-pollination
  • Specialized
3.4

Pollen moving from one flower to another to make seeds

Sharing ideas between different groups to create new things

self-pollination
  • Specialized
4.9

A flower making seeds using its own pollen

How Wind-Pollinated

anemophily
  • Specialized
9.9
pollination
  • Specialized
9 3.7

Surface Forms

pollination singular
pollinations plural

Morphology

pollination = pollinate (transparent) = pollin + ation

The word is transparently derived from 'pollinate' with the noun-forming suffix '-ation', indicating the process or action of pollinating.

Etymology

Pollination comes from pollen, a Latin word meaning 'fine flour' or 'dust'. Imagine tiny grains of 'powder' on a bee or in the wind being carried from one flower to another; that movement is pollination and it lets plants make seeds and fruit.