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pollinium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pollini-um
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pollen Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English pollinium From pollen + -ium (“mass”).

Inflected Forms

pollinia (plural)

Derived Forms

pollinial polliniate

Frequently Paired Words

pollinarium

Synonyms

polyad

Questions

What does pollinium mean?
A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.
Where does pollinium come from?
Etymology tree English pollen Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English pollinium From pollen + -ium (“mass”).

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