pollination

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Pollination by a bee

pollination (plural pollinations)

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

Translations

transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma

• Catalan: pol·linització (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 授粉 (cmn) (shòufěn), 授精 (cmn) (shòujīng)

• French: pollinisation (fr) f
• German: Bestäubung (de) f

• Japanese: 授精 (ja) (じゅせい, jusei), 受粉 (ja) (じゅふん, jufun)
• Malay: pendebungaan (ms)
• Russian: опыление (ru) (opylénije) n
• Spanish: polinización (es) f
• Telugu: పరాగసంపర్కము (paraaga-saMparkamu)

Derived terms

• cross-pollination
• self pollination