pollinaryadj.
/ˈpɒlᵻn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpɑləˌnɛri/ Botany. Now rare.
Of or relating to the production of pollen; esp. designating the apparatus of pollen production in orchids.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having pollen
ambrosial1759
pollen-bearinga1794
polliniferous1800
pollinary1849
pollened1871
tricolpate1928
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. i. ii. 202 Lindley considers the caudicle as derived from the stigma, not the pollinary tissue.
1881 Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 18 285 The confusion occasioned by the term [sc. caudicle] having been applied to three very different parts of the pollinary system.
1967 Brittonia 19 240 The pollinary apparatus was so totally different from that of Epidendrum that it would be impossible to retain the two species..in Epidendrum.
1970 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 57 749/1 The structure of the pollinary apparatus [of orchids] has been neglected as a taxonomic tool.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1849