pollinarium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First used in H. F. Link's Elementa philosophiæ botanicæ (1824), formed from classical Latin pollin- (pollen) and the suffix -arium (place for).1
Noun[edit]
pollinarium (plural pollinaria)
- (botany) The structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium.