pollen
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For the next 49,000 years, the sticky pits captured virtually everything that fell or walked onto them, from grains of pollen borne by the wind to hapless ancient camels and Columbian mammoths.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The samples contained pollen and plant waxes associated with humid West African rainforests, while very low levels of grass pollen suggested the site was surrounded by dense woodland rather than a thin strip of forest.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
"They took bees back and growed them in the lab, they cultured all the pollen, the wax, and many, many things."
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Warm, dry days help spread pollen through the air, creating what's been dubbed a "pollen bomb".
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
The gray stone was streaked with powdery yellow uranium, bright and alive as pollen; veins of sooty black formed lines with the yellow, making mountain ranges and rivers across the stone.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
Vocabulary lists containing pollen
Life Science: Plants
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Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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