pollinatorn.
/ˈpɒlᵻneɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɑləˌneɪdər/ An insect or other agent that pollinates a plant. Also: a plant or cultivar that provides pollen for cross-pollination. Cf. pollinizer n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habits or actions > that pollinates plants
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > involving particular type of agency > agent that pollinates plant
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1883 Science 1 June 492/1 The contrivances which secure crossing in several species of Dracunculus and Arum have been restudied by Archangeli, who finds the pollinators of D. vulgaris to be scavenger beetles.
1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 368 The small concealed flowers of Gaultheria..do not want for pollinators.
1924 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 501/2 The value of bees as pollinators is appreciated by progressive fruit growers.
1965 in P. Jennings Living Village (1968) 67 There has been much planting recently of dessert apples, mainly Cox, with Worcesters as the prevailing pollinators.
1993 Horticulture Oct. 72/3 The best pollinator for a night-blooming cereus, it turns out, is a bat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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