pollinate
To apply pollen to (a stigma).
Synonyms
- cross-pollinate
Related words
- cross-pollinate
- pollinator
- nonpollinated
- unpollinated
- nonpollinating
- self-pollinating
Word history
From Latin "pollen" (pollen, pollinis).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pollinate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.