pollinium

English
Pollinia of an orchid

Etymology

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Noun

pollinium (plural pollinia)

  1. (palynology) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.

Synonyms
  • polyad (any group of more than four pollen grains)

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See also

References
  • pollinium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /polˈli.ni.um/, [pɔlˈlɪ.ni.ʊ̃]

Noun

pollinium n (genitive polliniī or pollinī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) pollinium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pollinium pollinia
Genitive polliniī
pollinī1		 polliniōrum
Dative polliniō polliniīs
Accusative pollinium pollinia
Ablative polliniō polliniīs
Vocative pollinium pollinia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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