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pollination Bot.|pɒlɪˈneɪʃən|
[f. as pollinate v. + -ation.]
The action of pollinating; deposition of pollen in order to fertilization. Also attrib. and fig.
1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 429 A considerable time, occasionally even months, often elapses between pollination and fertilisation; but commonly only a few days or hours. 1882Nature XXVI. 307/1 The insects which visit particular species and assist in their pollination. 1924Holman & Robbins Textbk. Gen. Bot. vii. 283 The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma is called pollination. 1941D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist i. 19 The paper-bag bush, too, had gone to pod, just a few of its purple mint flowers left, where I had seen the humming-birds at pollination. 1971E. Mavor Ladies of Llangollen v. 90 Romantic pollinations..were taking place between an ever growing number of cultivated women. 1974A. Huxley Plant & Planet xiii. 131 The second classic pollination symbiosis is that of the American Yuccas with certain moths. |