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POLLINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
Synonyms:
pollenation; pollination
Classified under:
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)