pollen
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As an archaeologist in southern Scandinavia, I studied peat cores for pollen, fallen into nearby wetlands centuries earlier, to understand the nature of the historical plant life and climate of a particular site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Bogong moths are thought to help plants spread pollen and are also a key food source for the mountain pygmy possum, a critically endangered cave-dwelling marsupial.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The disease is carried by the Asian citrus psyllid, a non-native insect so tiny it can be mistaken for pollen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Beware of lilies, which are toxic to cats; even chewing the leaves or licking pollen off their fur while grooming can be fatal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But when the pollen again gilded the sun and sifted down on the world she began to stand around the gate and expect things.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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
“We’ve now got three different dating techniques—radiocarbon dating of the seeds, radiocarbon dating of the pollens and luminescence dating of the quartz—that all show people were there.”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
Beekeepers are supposed to live longer than any other profession and that longevity is attributed to the raw honey and pollens they eat.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
Here, lodged in transparent cells, are the pollens, love-ferment of every flower of spring, making brilliant splashes of red and yellow, of black and mauve.
From The Life of the Bee by Alfred Sutro
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Life Science: Plants
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