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Definition of Pollenation
1. Noun. Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant.
Generic synonyms: Fecundation, Fertilisation, Fertilization, Impregnation
Specialized synonyms: Cross-pollination, Self-pollination
Derivative terms: Pollenate, Pollinate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollenation
Literary usage of Pollenation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Botany by George Francis Atkinson (1898)
"Self pollenation, or close pollenation.—Perhaps very few of the admirers of the
... But self pollenation takes place in the case of some open flowers. ..."
2. Elementary Biology: An Introduction to the Science of Life by Benjamin Charles Gruenberg (1919)
"Function of pollenation. We have learned that flowers are seed-producing structures,
... This necessitates cross pollenation, or at any rate handicaps close ..."
3. Biology for Beginners by Truman Jesse Moon (1921)
"... pollenation AND FERTILIZATION Vocabulary pollenation, transference of pollen
from anther to stigma. Fertilization, union of sperm nucleus and ovule ..."
4. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"... Balloon Berry Bush After pollenation the flowers that have been cross-fertilized.
Mr. Burbank does Here small paper bags have been tied loosely over not ..."
5. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1891)
"pollenation between two flowers upon the same plant I have termed individual
pollenation, in distinction from close pollenation, ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"CP Hartley presented a paper on 'The pollenation of Immature Flowers,' saying
... Datura flowers are also killed by premature pollenation, though unlike ..."
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