noun🔗ShareA fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th century.)"Bees collect pollen from flowers to make honey. "plantbiologysubstancenatureorganismenvironmentagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFine powder in general, fine flour. (16th-century usage documented by the OED.)""...and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne,... as well of pollen, as of other vitailes..." Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?; Berners, John Bourchier, Lord https//archive.org/details/chroniclefroiss00froigoog"plantbiologynatureagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cover with, or as if with, pollen."The gardener pollenated the flowers to help them produce fruit. "biologyplantnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
