American Heritage Dictionary
(1)
Century Dictionary
(2)
GNU Webster's 1913
(1)
WordNet
(1)
Elsewhere on the web
We might have taken the case of insects visiting flowers for the sake of collecting pollen instead of nectar; and as pollen is formed for the sole object of fertilisation, its destruction appears a simple loss to the plant; yet if a little pollen were carried, at first occasionally and then habitually, by the pollen-devouring insects from flower to flower, and a cross thus effected, although nine-tenths of the pollen were destroyed, it might still be a great gain to the plant; and those individuals which produced more and more pollen, and had larger and larger anthers, would be selected.— On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
This being a vital condition, the moth fails to withdraw the pollen; and inasmuch as the pollen is usually deposited close to the head of the moth, this flower would receive no pollen upon its stigma.— My Studio Neighbors
THE PILLAR.--The part of the flower above its treasury, by which the power of the pollen is carried down to the seeds 78 It consists usually of two parts--the SHAFT and VOLUTE 78 When the pillar is composed of two or more shafts attached to separate treasury-cells, each cell with its shaft is called a CARPEL 235 VII.— Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers
The female flowers appear when the pollen is ripe.— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
Shortly after the pollen is shed, the female flowers, which are at first upright, bend downward, and assume a brownish color, growing considerably in size for a short time, and then ceasing to grow for several months Illustration: FIG.— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year
Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed
You can expect to see this word about once a week.
Recently looked updis-ease · unsoftened · Inexorable · birthright · plunge |
Recent Favoritespygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms |
Recent Pronunciationsbe careful! the razor is razor-sharp! · minty-fresh death threat · please stop sucking the monkeybread · beauregard · unicycle hockey |