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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: 'flour in very small grains, dust'

pollen

 noun
     
Related topics: Plants
pol‧len [uncountable]
HBP a fine powder produced by flowers, which is carried by the wind or by insects to other flowers of the same type, making them produce seeds
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