单词 | father-dust |
释义 | > as lemmasfather-dust father-dust n. rare (chiefly literary) pollen. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > pollen and related parts sandarac1623 globulet1671 powder1672 bread1682 farina1721 pollen1723 father-dust1728 rough wax1744 yellow rain1755 dust1776 fovilla1793 anther dust1797 pollen mass1828 pollen tube1830 intextine1835 pollen grain1835 pollen granule1835 exine1839 exintine1839 intine1839 pollinium1849 sulphur shower1854 pollinic mass1857 pollen chamber1863 smoke1868 pollen sac1872 pollinarium1881 sulphur rain1882 pollinic chamber1885 perine1895 pollen content1926 sculpturing1943 monad1947 nexine1948 sexine1948 1728 J. Thomson Spring 27 From Family diffus'd To Family, as flies the Father-Dust, The varied Colours run. 1893 Ann. Rep. Nebraska State Hort. Soc. 125 When the pollen is ripe, ready for proper fertilization, nature places a tiny drop of nectar just at the base of the petals, on which the pollen or father dust is grown. 1945 A. Young Prospect of Flowers xiii. 91 For this refreshment the flower asks no payment; it hopes the insect will not be too tidy at its meal, but smeared with the fertilizing pollen, the ‘Father-Dust’, convey it to another flower of the same kind. < as lemmas |
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