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pollen

[pol-uhn] / ˈpɒl ən /


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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

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

You know what it is like to feel the beauty of the sunrise touching you and giving you strength as the corn pollen is sprinkled on the earth into crosses where you kneel.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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

So there's no evidence that spreading local honey on your toast will help hay fever caused by grass and tree pollens.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025

She also explains that asthma is likely influenced by where someone lives—exposure to pollutants as well as the types of pollens or allergens can differ from region to region.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023

Raw honey is honey that has not been heated to a temperature that would kill the living enzymes and also hasn't had the pollens filtered out.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023

Short-styled by both pollens mixed together, of own-form longest and mid-length stamens.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin




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