pollinate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *pollinate*:
VERB	body	pollinate, pollenate, cross-pollinate	fertilize by transfering pollen

pollinate > pronunciation
Sounds	paa'lahney.t
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *pollinate*: 1 sense > verb 1, body
Meaning	fertilize by transfering pollen.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	pollenate, cross-pollinate
Broader	inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise	introduce semen into (a female)
Spanish	fertilizar, polinizar
Catalan	pol·linitzar
Nouns	pollen	the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
	pollination	transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
	pollinator	an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another

HyperDic: pollinate