pollen
English
/ˈpɒlən/, /ˈpɑlən/
noun
Definitions
- A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th century.)
- (obsolete) Fine powder in general, fine flour. (16th-century usage documented by the OED.)
Etymology
Derived from Latin pollen (fine flour).
Origin
Latin
pollen
Gloss
fine flour
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cross-pollinate English
- nonpollen English
- pollened English
- polleniferous English
- pollenin English
- pollenise English
- pollenize English
- pollenizer English
- pollenless English
- pollenlike English
- pollenosis English
- polleny English
- pollinate English
- pollinator English
- pollinial English
- polliniate English
- pollinium English
- pollinivore English
- pollinivorous English
- pollinivory English
- sporopollen English
- sporopollenin English
- pollen Latin
- pollinium Latin
- Pollen German
- polline Italian
- pollen Dutch, Flemish
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- pollen Norwegian Bokmål
- pólen Portuguese
- pollen Norwegian Nynorsk
- pollen Danish
- pol·len Catalan, Valencian
- pole Galician
- bolle Middle High German