HyperDic: pollinate

English > 1 sense of the word pollinate:
VERBbodypollinate, pollenate, cross-pollinatefertilize by transfering pollen
pollinate > pronunciation
Soundspaa'lahney.t
Rhymesabate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...
English > pollinate: 1 sense > verb 1, body
Meaningfertilize by transfering pollen.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymspollenate, cross-pollinate
Broaderinseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertiliseintroduce semen into (a female)
Spanishfertilizar, polinizar
Catalanpol·linitzar
Nounspollenthe fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
pollinationtransfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
pollinatoran insect that carries pollen from one flower to another

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