POLLINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pollination mean? 

• POLLINATION (noun)
  The noun POLLINATION has 1 sense:

1. transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant

  Familiarity information: POLLINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLLINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

pollenation; pollination

Hypernyms ("pollination" is a kind of...):

fecundation; fertilisation; fertilization; impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pollination"):

cross-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another)

self-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower)

Derivation:

pollinate (fertilize by transfering pollen)

 Context examples 

The researchers attribute the reduced fruit quality to the apple flower’s reliance on a variety of pollination techniques and behaviors that a diverse bee community provides.

(Diverse Bee Communities Best for Apple Orchards, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Almonds, researchers say are a perfect example: their growth is entirely dependent on bees for pollination.

(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)

The research shows that anther rubbing causes self‑pollen deposition on stigmas and is sufficient to achieve maximal reproductive output, with values similar to those achieved by artificial pollination or outcrossing fertilization.

(Some plants are capable of ‘rubbing’ themselves for hours in order to achieve self fertilization, University of Granada)

The scientists suggested cross-pollination and changing farming patterns in Assam were likely the causes.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)

A research team led by the University of Granada (UGR) is the first one in the world which has described a novel reproductive mechanism which actively promotes self‑pollination in certain plant species.

(Some plants are capable of ‘rubbing’ themselves for hours in order to achieve self fertilization, University of Granada)

More broadly, the researchers used the bees as a model organism to better understand the impact of changing land uses on the diversity of species that make up a community of organisms and, in turn, their delivery of ecosystem services, such as crop pollination, water filtration (by mussels, for example) or carrion scavenging (vulture feeding).

(Diverse Bee Communities Best for Apple Orchards, U.S. Department of Agriculture)