pollen season

noun

The time when certain plants produce large quantities of pollen, in temperate climate zones usually in spring or summer.

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Meanings

nounpollen season (plural pollen seasons)

plural pollen seasons

  1. The time when certain plants produce large quantities of pollen, in temperate climate zones usually in spring or summer.

    Climate breakdown has extended the pollen season in the UK and mainland Europe by between one and two weeks since the 1990s, a study has found, adding itchy eyes and runny noses to the harm wrought by fossil fuel pollution.

    2026 April 22, Ajit Niranjan, “Pollen season in UK and mainland Europe extended by climate breakdown”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Translations

German Pollensaison
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APA

pollen season. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollen%20season

MLA

“pollen season.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollen%20season. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pollen season,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollen%20season.

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