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See also: Pollen and pol·len

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pollen (usually uncountable, plural pollens)

  1. A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
  2. (botany) Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. [from mid 18th century]
    • 2013 May–June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
      In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
  3. (obsolete) Fine powder in general, fine flour. [16th-century per OED]

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pollen (third-person singular simple present pollens, present participle pollening, simple past and past participle pollened)

  1. (transitive, poetic) To cover with, or as if with, pollen.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pollen n (singular definite pollenet, plural indefinite pollen)

  1. (botany) pollen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pollen n (uncountable)

  1. pollen
Usage notes

The common term in Dutch is stuifmeel. The term pollen is found in biology texts, but is furthermore in common use when identifying the causative agent of hay fever. In that sense, the word is often mistakenly construed as being plural (“Tranende, jeukende ogen en een loopneus: pollen zijn geen pretje”, Metro, 29 February 2016; “Er hangen al pollen in de lucht: hooikoortsseizoen is begonnen”, Het Laatste Nieuws, 10 January 2018; “Pollen kunnen nu al voor hooikoorts zorgen”, De Telegraaf, 22 December 2018).

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From English poll.

Verb

pollen

  1. (computing) to poll, to periodically check the status of a device or variable
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

pollen

  1. plural of pol

French

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pollen.

Pronunciation

Noun

pollen m (plural pollens)

  1. pollen

Derived terms

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German

Verb

pollen (weak, third-person singular present pollt, past tense pollte, past participle gepollt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (computing) to poll, to periodically check the status of a device or variable.

Conjugation

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Latin

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Swedish

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