pollen
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From Latin pollen (“‘fine flour’”), used by Linnaeus to describe the substance produced in flowers.
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pollen (usually uncountable; plural pollens)
- A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Collective term for pollen grains or microspores produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
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fine granular substance produced in flowers
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[edit] Dutch
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- IPA: /pɔlə/
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pollen n. (no plural, no diminutive)
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pollen (weak verb)
- (computing) to poll, to periodically check the status of a device or variable.
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Conjugation of “pollen”
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pollen
- (computing) to poll, to periodically check the status of a device or variable.