Definition of pollination
:the transfer of pollen from an anther to the stigma in angiosperms or from the microsporangium to the micropyle in gymnosperms
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Identify moths and other flying nighttime insects and discover their economic value in pollination.
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Hot, dry weather, along with rain, reduces pollination.
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And then there's the beekeepers, who raise and sell honey commercially and who provide pollination services for cherry and other fruit orchards.
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After years of frustration, Stockholm University professor Catarina Rydin and her student Kristina Bolinder realized that E. foeminea times the secretion of its pollination drops to July’s full moon.
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The result is a confounding labyrinth of identity specifics—a sort of cross-genre-pollination of people.
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So, food supplies could be affected if low populations of pollinators prevent proper pollination.
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The Ritz-Carlton cruising move comes at a time of what feels like tremendous cross-pollination for travel companies of all kinds.
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But this cross-pollination is complicated, and the overlap, for Eddy, brings some contradiction.
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First Known Use of pollination
1873
POLLINATION Defined for Kids
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pol·li·na·tion
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Definition of pollination for Students
:the transfer of pollen from a stamen to a pistil of a flower or from a male cone to a female cone
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