Meaning

3 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.

    Blütenstaub, Pollen

    пыльца́pylʹcá, цве́теньcvétenʹ

    пило́кpylók

  2. (uncountable, usually)Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants.

  3. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Fine powder in general, fine flour.

More definitions
  • the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant

Examples

41 sentences

  1. There's a lot of pollen in the air.

    ruВ воздухе много пыльцы. — Wezel

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  2. What is pollen?

    ruЧто такое пыльца? — marafon

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  3. I'm allergic to pollen.

    У мене алергія на пилок. — deniko

    deIch habe eine Pollenallergie. — xtofu80

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  4. I am allergic to pollen.

    У мене алергія на пилок. — deniko

    ruУ меня аллергия на пыльцу. — Olya

    deIch habe Pollenallergie. — MUIRIEL

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  5. Bees help plants spread their pollen.

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Translations

9 languages
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By meaning 1
fine granular substance produced in flowers:
Русский
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fine granular substance produced in flowers:
Deutsch
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fine granular substance produced in flowers:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th cent

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.

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Forms

plural: pollens
Singularpollen

uncountable

Word family

27 related words
Relatedpollinate
Derivednonpollenpollenariouspollen basketpollen countpollen counterpollen grainpollen granulepolleniferouspolleninpollenizepollenlesspollenlikepollen parentpollenproofpollen seasonpollen sporepollen tubepollen vortexpollen wasppollenypollinationpolliniferouspollinivorepollinivorous

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
polkapollpollinatepollinationpollinator

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