Definitions for pollinium

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pollinium pol·lin·i·um

Spelling: [puh-lin-ee-uh m]

IPA: /pəˈlɪn i əm/

Pollinium is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in pollinium (iillmnopu).

Definitions for pollinium

noun

1. an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.

Origin of pollinium

1860-65; New Latin, equivalent to pollin- (stem of pollen) pollen + -ium -ium

Examples for pollinium

pollinium of an Orchis (Habenaria), with its stalk attached to a sticky gland; magnified.

In this latter case we have a pollinium in its most highly developed and perfect condition.

If the pollinium was originally vertical, after a time it assumed a horizontal position.