pollinose

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adjective

Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.

OriginLatin pollen, pollinis →
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Meanings

adjectivepollinose (comparative more pollinose, superlative most pollinose)

comparative more pollinose · superlative most pollinose

  1. biologyHaving the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.

Origin

  1. Latinpollen, pollinis
  2. Englishpollinose

From oblique stem of Latin pollen, pollinis + -ose.

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APA

pollinose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollinose

MLA

“pollinose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollinose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pollinose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pollinose.

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