单词 | pollinate |
释义 | pollinate (pɒlɪneɪt ) Word forms: pollinates , pollinating , pollinated verb To pollinate a plant or tree means to fertilize it with pollen. This is often done by insects. Many of the indigenous insects are needed to pollinate the local plants. [VERB noun] pollination (pɒlɪneɪʃən ) uncountable noun Without sufficient pollination, the growth of the corn is stunted. Collocations: pollinate plants They pollinate plants, disperse seeds and consume insects – including disease-spreading vectors like mosquitoes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I help to pollinate plants but have a painful sting. The Sun Without them to pollinate plants, food production could collapse. The Sun Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) also pollinate plants to various degrees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Commercially bred bees are used in greenhouses to pollinate plants, for example tomatoes, and these bees typically harbor the parasite, while wild bees do not. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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