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    POLLINATION

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plantplay

    Synonyms:

    pollenation; pollination

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("pollination" is a kind of...):

    fecundation; fertilisation; fertilization; impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pollination"):

    cross-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another)

    self-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower)

    Derivation:

    pollinate (fertilize by transfering pollen)

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