verb
- transfers pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part, enabling fertilization and seed production
Usage: biology
Examples
- The bee pollinates the apple blossoms as it collects nectar.
- Wind pollinates many grass species.
- A hummingbird pollinates the red tubular flowers.
- The farmer uses a brush to hand-pollinate the squash plants.
- This butterfly pollinates wildflowers throughout the meadow.
- The botanist studied how the moth pollinates night-blooming plants.