pollinate
part of speech
verb (pollinate, pollinates, pollinated, pollinating)
meaning for a pupil
To carry pollen from the male part (stamen) of a flower to the female part (stigma) of the same or another flower, so seeds can form. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, insects such as bees, butterflies and moths pollinate flowers while drinking nectar; wind pollinates grasses and many trees; birds and bats pollinate some flowers. Without pollination, many fruits and crops would not grow, so protecting bees matters. Phrases: «pollinate flowers», «insect-pollinated», «wind-pollinated».
examples
- Bees pollinate flowers while they collect nectar. tree →
- The wind pollinates grasses. tree →
- Without bees to pollinate them, apple trees would have few apples. tree →
- Brightly coloured flowers attract insects to pollinate them. tree →
- Farmers bring hives to the fields to pollinate the crops. tree →
- Hummingbirds pollinate some flowers with long tubes. tree →
- Pollen from one flower can pollinate another. tree →
- After a flower is pollinated, it grows seeds. tree →
note
Noun: «pollination»; an animal that pollinates is a «pollinator». Spelling: «pollinate» with double l, like «pollen». Pollination is not the same as fertilisation, which comes after it.
In the corpora
- Some lemurs drink nectar and carry pollen on their faces from flower to flower, pollinating plants as bees do.
- Bees pollinate many fruit crops, such as apples and strawberries.
Trees and pragmatics
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