pollen
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"We used a simple and very low-cost technique that quantifies the 'darkness' of fossil pollen and spores, a so-called Palynomorph Darkness Index."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The researchers completed 15,000 measurements of pollen and spores from plants that lived before, during, and after the extinction.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
They cannot afford to waste energy searching dried-up flowers for nectar and pollen that is no longer there.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Air pollution, wildfire smoke, industrial disasters like the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck and extended pollen seasons are all reasons why people are increasingly concerned with making their indoor environments actually breathable.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
He leaned close to the earth and sprinkled pinches of yellow pollen into the four footprints.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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
The companies' services focus on diagnosis and treatment of environmental allergies such as pets, dust, pollens, and grasses.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2023
The sticky stuff captured mammoths, saber-toothed cats, giant sloths and other iconic Ice Age mammals along with a near-perfect cross-section of the world they inhabited: birds, insects, plants, seeds, pollens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
If I can prove what I really believe, it is a grand case of trimorphism, with three different pollens and three stigmas.
From See America First by Hiestand, Orville O.
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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