pollen

Example Sentences

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He would see those lorikeets again later, now feasting on the “frilly white blooms” of a eucalyptus tree, their heads dusty with pollen, dizzily enjoying their nectar-rich world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In another chapter, Mr. Haskell follows the path of an owlet moth into the cranefly orchid’s flower and lets us watch how sacs of pollen attach themselves to the insect’s eye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

That will mean pollen levels remain high or very high in many areas of England.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Working with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the University of Greenwich, and the Technical University of Denmark, the scientists engineered a diet that mimics the key nutrients bees normally get from pollen.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

I reached down to touch my buckskin pouch filled with corn pollen.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac