Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, supplied with pollen: said of anthers.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pollinate .
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Examples
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Darwin figured that unless the plant was self-pollinated, which is rare, it had to be pollinated either by the wind or by an animal.
Entomologists unite behind evolutionary theory - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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All flowers are blooming and dying back very quickly, because they are very rapidly pollinated, which is a good sign in general, although indicative of a bad winter.
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Eating bugs wasn't the only activity on a full schedule encompassing a bug zoo and other interactive exhibits, including items from the OARDC honey bee lab, where students under the direction of lab coordinator, Sharron Ferrell, identified the queen bee in a swarm of bees in a hive and "pollinated" flowers in an interactive dance.
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Eating bugs wasn't the only activity on a full schedule encompassing a bug zoo and other interactive exhibits, including items from the OARDC honey bee lab, where students under the direction of lab coordinator, Sharron Ferrell, identified the queen bee in a swarm of bees in a hive and "pollinated" flowers in an interactive dance.
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Of the 100 crop species providing 90 percent of the world's food -- about 74 percent are pollinated by bees.
Dr. Reese Halter: Thanksgiving 2011: Earth Calling... SOS Dr. Reese Halter 2011
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Of the 100 crop species providing 90 percent of the world's food -- about 74 percent are pollinated by bees.
Dr. Reese Halter: Thanksgiving 2011: Earth Calling... SOS Dr. Reese Halter 2011
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From current projections it looks like it is going to be us and a fungus and some air pollinated green silage feedstock by 2250, welcome to the formicary!
Biodiversity: Boundless, priceless – and threatened | Editorial 2011
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Berenbaum says farmers rely on bees to pollinated crops from nuts to melons.
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But as soon as I became a writer, I did not want to read books like mine in case I cross-pollinated.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Jules Watson, Part 3 2009
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Primroses rely upon insects for propagation; at night, when the flowers are open and their scent is at its strongest, they are pollinated by moths.
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