单词 | pollinium |
释义 | pollinium[ puh-lin-ee-uhm ] / pəˈlɪn i əm / noun, plural pol·lin·i·a [puh-lin-ee-uh]. /pəˈlɪn i ə/. Botany.an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families. Origin of pollinium1860–65; <New Latin, equivalent to pollin- (stem of pollen) pollen + -ium-ium Words nearby polliniumpolling booth, polling place, polling station, pollini-, polliniferous, pollinium, pollinize, pollinosis, polliwog, pollo, pollock Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pollinium
British Dictionary definitions for polliniumpollinium / (pəˈlɪnɪəm) / noun plural -ia (-ɪə)a mass of cohering pollen grains, produced by plants such as orchids and transported as a whole during pollination Word Origin for polliniumC19: New Latin; see pollen Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for polliniumpollinium [ pŏ-lĭn′ē-əm ] Plural polliniaA mass or packet of pollen grains specialized for transfer to other flowers as a unit by pollinating insects. Orchids and milkweeds produce pollinia. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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