POLLINATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they pollinate ... he / she / it pollinates

Past simple: pollinated

Past participle: pollinated

-ing form: pollinating

Meaning:

Fertilize by transfering pollen

Synonyms:

cross-pollinate; pollenate; pollinate

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "pollinate" is one way to...):

fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

pollen (the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant)

pollination (transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant)

pollinator (an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another)