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POLLINATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they pollinate ... he / she / it pollinates
Past simple: pollinated
Past participle: pollinated
-ing form: pollinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fertilize by transfering pollen
Synonyms:
cross-pollinate; pollenate; pollinate
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "pollinate" is one way to...):
fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
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)
