pollination
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌpɑləˈneɪʃən/
Audio (Texas): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌpɔləˈnæɪʃən/, /ˌpɒləˈnæɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
pollination (countable and uncountable, plural pollinations)
- (botany) The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
Derived terms
Translations
transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma
|
Swedish
Noun
pollination c
- (botany) synonym of pollinering (“pollination”)
Usage notes
Pollinering is more common.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | pollination | pollinations |
| definite | pollinationen | pollinationens | |
| plural | indefinite | pollinationer | pollinationers |
| definite | pollinationerna | pollinationernas |