Meanings
nounpollination (countable and uncountable, plural pollinations)
plural pollinations · alternative pollenation
Synonyms & antonyms
nountransfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bengali পরাগমিলন
- পরাগমিলন (poragmilon)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Catalan pol·linització
- pol·linitzaciótransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Chinese Mandarin 授粉, 授精
- 授粉 (shòufěn)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- 授精 (shòujīng)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Czech opylení, opylování
- opylenítransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- opylovánítransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Dutch bestuiving
- bestuivingtransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Finnish pölytys
- pölytystransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
French pollinisation
- pollinisationtransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
German Bestäubung
- Bestäubungtransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Hindi परागण
- परागण (parāgaṇ)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Hungarian beporzás, megtermékenyítés
- beporzástransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- megtermékenyítéstransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- pollenizációtransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- pollinációtransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Irish pailniú
- pailniútransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Italian impollinazione, pollinazione
- impollinazionetransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- pollinazionetransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Japanese 授精, 受粉
- 授精 (jusei)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- 受粉 (jufun)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Malay pendebungaan
- pendebungaantransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Māori ruinga hae
- ruinga haetransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Portuguese polinização
- polinizaçãotransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Punjabi ਪਰਾਗਣ
- ਪਰਾਗਣ (parāgaṇ)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Romanian polenizare, polenizație
- polenizaretransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- polenizațietransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Russian опыле́ние
- опыле́ние (opylénije)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Spanish polinización
- polinizacióntransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Swedish pollinering, pollination
- pollineringtransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
- pollinationtransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Ukrainian запи́лення
- запи́лення (zapýlennja)transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Welsh peillio
- peilliotransfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pollination
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APA
pollination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollination
MLA
“pollination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollination. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pollination,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollination.
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