noun🔗SharePollenA 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. "Les abeilles collectent le pollen des fleurs pour faire du miel.plantbiologysubstancenatureorganismenvironmentagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePoudre fine, farineFine 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"...et il y avait du bon vin de Gascogne,... ainsi que de la poudre fine et d'autres vivres...plantbiologynatureagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePolliniserTo cover with, or as if with, pollen."The gardener pollenated the flowers to help them produce fruit. "Le jardinier a pollinisé les fleurs pour les aider à produire des fruits.biologyplantnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
