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Pollination

Meaning in biology, with examples

/ˌpɑːləˈneɪʃən/nounCommon term

In biology, pollination means: The transfer of pollen from the male part of a flower (the anther) to the female part (the stigma), which allows fertilization and seed production in flowering plants.

In Turkish: tozlaşma

How it is used

It can be self-pollination (within one plant) or cross-pollination (between plants). Animals that carry pollen, such as bees, butterflies and bats, are pollinators; some plants are pollinated by wind or water. The verb is pollinate.

Example sentences

  1. Many crops depend on bees for pollination.

  2. Grasses, oaks and birches rely on wind pollination.

Common collocations

  • cross-pollination
  • self-pollination
  • insect pollination
  • wind pollination
  • pollinator
  • sexual reproductionA form of reproduction in which two gametes, usually from two parents, fuse to form a new individual with a unique mix of genes.
  • germinateOf a seed or spore, to start growing and develop into a new plant or organism, usually once it has enough water, oxygen and the right temperature.
  • gameteA reproductive cell, such as a sperm or egg cell, that carries half the normal number of chromosomes. Two gametes join during fertilization to form a zygote.
  • speciesA group of similar organisms that can breed with each other and produce fertile offspring. It is the basic unit used to classify living things.

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