pollen
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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
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
The pollen recovered from Ilovik-Paržine 1 pointed to a wide range of environments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Annabeth stood there, stunned, as yellow dust—the remains of Arachne—rained around her like tree pollen.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
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
“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
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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Life Science: Plants
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