pollen
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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
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
This study is the first to combine molecular and pollen analysis to identify the ship's coatings and reconstruct the vegetation present when those materials were produced and applied to the hull.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
He kept his back to the wind and poured yellow pollen from Josiah’s tobacco sack into the cup of his hand.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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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
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
It may be said that the two pollens and the two stigmas mutually recognise each other by some means.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
Vocabulary lists containing pollen
Life Science: Plants
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