"pollination" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pollination.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pollination.wav Forms: pollinations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pollination (countable and uncountable, plural pollinations)
  1. (botany) The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc. Wikipedia link: pollination Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms: pollenation Derived forms: buzz pollination, cross-pollination, self pollination Translations (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma): পরাগমিলন (poragmilon) (Bengali), pol·linització [feminine] (Catalan), 授粉 (shòufěn) (Chinese Mandarin), 授精 (shòujīng) (Chinese Mandarin), pollinisation [feminine] (French), დამტვერვა (damṭverva) (Georgian), პოლინაცია (ṗolinacia) (Georgian), Bestäubung [feminine] (German), beporzás (Hungarian), megtermékenyítés (Hungarian), pollenizáció (Hungarian), pollináció (Hungarian), pailniú [masculine] (Irish), impollinazione [feminine] (Italian), pollinazione (Italian), 授精 (jusei) (alt: じゅせい) (Japanese), 受粉 (jufun) (alt: じゅふん) (Japanese), pendebungaan (Malay), പരാഗണം (parāgaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), perîn (Northern Kurdish), polinização [feminine] (Portuguese), ਪਰਾਗਣ (parāgaṇ) [feminine] (Punjabi), polenizare [feminine] (Romanian), polenizație [feminine] (Romanian), опыле́ние (opylénije) [neuter] (Russian), polinización [feminine] (Spanish), pollinering [common-gender] (Swedish), pollination [common-gender] (Swedish), పరాగసంపర్కము (parāgasamparkamu) (Telugu), запи́лення (zapýlennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "word": "pendebungaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "parāgaṇaṁ",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "word": "പരാഗണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polinização"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "parāgaṇ",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਪਰਾਗਣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polenizare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polenizație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opylénije",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опыле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polinización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pollinering"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pollination"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "parāgasamparkamu",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "word": "పరాగసంపర్కము"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapýlennja",
      "sense": "transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "запи́лення"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pollination"
}

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