pollination

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pollination

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Alternative forms

• pollenation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑləˈneɪʃən/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔləˈnæɪʃən/, /ˌpɒləˈnæɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

pollination (countable and uncountable, plural pollinations)

1. (botany) The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.

Derived terms

• buzz pollination
• cross-pollination
• postpollination
• self-pollination
• self pollination

Translations

transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma

Bengali: পরাগমিলন (bn) (poragmilon) Breton: pollenadur m Catalan: pol·linització f Chinese: Mandarin: 授粉 (zh) (shòufěn), 授精 (zh) (shòujīng) Czech: opylení (cs) n, opylování n Dutch: bestuiving (nl) f French: pollinisation (fr) f Georgian: დამტვერვა (damṭverva), პოლინაცია (ṗolinacia) German: Bestäubung f Hindi: परागण m (parāgaṇ) Hungarian: beporzás (hu), megtermékenyítés (hu), pollenizáció, pollináció Irish: pailniú m Italian: impollinazione (it) f, pollinazione Japanese: 授精 (じゅせい, jusei), 受粉 (ja) (じゅふん, jufun) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: perîn (ku) Malay: pendebungaan (ms) Malayalam: പരാഗണം (ml) (parāgaṇaṁ) Maori: ruinga hae Portuguese: polinização (pt) f Punjabi: ਪਰਾਗਣ f (parāgaṇ) Romanian: polenizare (ro) f, polenizație (ro) f Russian: опыле́ние (ru) n (opylénije) Spanish: polinización (es) f Swedish: pollinering (sv) c, pollination (sv) c Telugu: పరాగసంపర్కము (te) (parāgasamparkamu) Ukrainian: запи́лення n (zapýlennja) Welsh: peillio (cy)