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POLLENATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pollenate mean?
• POLLENATE (verb)
The verb POLLENATE has 1 sense:
1. fertilize by transfering pollen
Familiarity information: POLLENATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fertilize by transfering pollen
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
cross-pollinate; pollenate; pollinate
Hypernyms (to "pollenate" is one way to...):
fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
pollenation (transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant)
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