verb
- past tense and past participle of pollinate; transferred pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma of the same or another flower, enabling fertilization
Usage: technical/botanical; often used in passive voice
Examples
- The bees pollinized the apple blossoms in the orchard.
- Flowers were pollinized by insects throughout the spring.
- The gardener pollinized the tomato plants by hand to ensure a good harvest.
- Wind-pollinized grasses spread their pollen across the meadow.
- Once the flowers were pollinized, fruit began to develop.