pollinium

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English

Pollinia of an orchid

Etymology

From pollen +‎ -ium (“mass”).

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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Latin

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “pollen +‎ -ium?”

Pronunciation

Noun

pollinium n (genitive polliniī or pollinī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) pollinium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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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