pollen

Significado

Noun

1. A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
2. Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
3. (obsolete) Fine powder in general, fine flour.

Verb

To cover with, or as if with, pollen.

Guionizado como

pol‧len

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɒlən/

Etimoloxía

From Latin pollen (“fine flour”). Used by Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.

Oracións

Pollen analysis and the remains of marsh-plants indicates the local presence of swamps .