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pollen

[pol-uhn] / ˈpɒl ən /


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These included the date of the first flower, flower size, nectar sugar, flowering time, and the distance between flowers' anthers, or the pollen-producing part of the flower, and the stigma, the structure that receives pollen.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

AI software can identify each open blossom and direct a robotic arm — or a worker — to release pollen with the precision needed to avoid deformed fruit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

By studying the types of pollen trapped in the coatings and measuring their relative abundance, the researchers were able to narrow down where some of the pitch may have been produced or reapplied during repairs.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

To investigate the coatings, the researchers performed structural, molecular, and pollen analyses.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

He knelt over the arching tracks the snake left in the sand and filled the delicate imprints with yellow pollen.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

They also produced artificial foods designed to mimic either the amino acid composition of different pollens or the composition of honeybee tissues.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

It is estimated that 13 million people in the UK suffer from hay fever - an allergy to different pollens.

From BBC May 30, 2025

The most allergenic tree pollens are from birch, cypress, Japanese cedar, latex, grass, and ragweed.

From Salon May 9, 2024

Some of the most common tree pollens that cause allergies include birch, cedar, cottonwood, maple, elm, oak and walnut, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

From Seattle Times Mar. 22, 2024

This is because of the mixture of pollens which fertilize the pistils.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich




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