verb
- to transfer pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part, enabling fertilization and seed production
Usage: biology
Examples
- Bees pollinate flowers as they collect nectar.
- Wind can pollinate certain types of plants.
- Farmers often use bees to pollinate their fruit trees.
- Butterflies help pollinate wildflowers in the meadow.
- Without insects to pollinate crops, food production would decline.
- The botanist studied how hummingbirds pollinate tropical plants.