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pollen

/ˈpɑlən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
pol-len
IPA
/ˈpɑlən/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.

Uncountable

noun

Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants.

Uncountable

noun

Fine powder in general, fine flour.

Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

To cover with, or as if with, pollen.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpɑlən/
  • British English: /ˈpɒlən/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Botany, Medicine.

Inflected Forms

pollens (plural) pollens (present, singular) pollening (participle, present) pollened (participle, past) pollened (past)

Derived Forms

nonpollen pollenarious polleniferous pollenin pollenize pollenise pollenless pollenlike pollenproof polleny pollination polliniferous

Phrases

I'm allergic to pollen pollen analysis pollen basket pollen count pollen counter pollen grain pollen granule pollen mother cell

Frequently Paired Words

pollinate palyno- palynologic palynological palynologist palynology

Rhymes With

fallen stalin guatemalan befallen nolen pollan hollen dahlen stollen collen bollen tholen

Questions

How do you pronounce pollen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑlən/.
What does pollen mean?
A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
Where does pollen come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin pollen (“fine flour”), used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.

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