verb
- to transfer pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part, enabling fertilization and seed production
Usage: transitive verb; commonly used in botany and agriculture
Examples
- Bees pollinize flowers as they travel from bloom to bloom.
- The farmer hired beekeepers to pollinize the apple orchard.
- Wind can pollinize certain plants without the help of insects.
- Hummingbirds pollinize many tropical flowers while feeding on nectar.
- The gardener planted flowers to pollinize the vegetable garden naturally.
- Farmers use pollinizing insects to increase crop yields.