POLLINATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant

Synonyms:

pollenation; pollination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("pollination" is a kind of...):

fecundation; fertilisation; fertilization; impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pollination"):

cross-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another)

self-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower)

Derivation:

pollinate (fertilize by transfering pollen)