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pollen count

noun

Definition of pollen count

: a number that indicates the amount of pollen in the air and that is used by people who get sick from breathing in pollen
  • a high/low pollen count

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pollen play

  1. : a mass of microspores in a seed plant appearing usually as a fine dust

  2. : a dusty bloom on the body of an insect

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count play

  1. : to indicate or name by units or groups so as to find the total number of units involved : number

  2. : to name the numbers in order up to and including

  3. : to include in a tallying and reckoning

  1. : the action or process of counting

  2. : a total obtained by counting : tally

  3. : reckoning, account

  1. : a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl

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