pollen

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Fine powder produced by flowering plants, containing male reproductive cells that fertilize female plant cells.

• Bees collect pollen from flowers and carry it to other plants.
• Many people suffer from allergies when pollen counts are high in spring.
• The wind spreads pollen from tree to tree.
• Climate scientists analyze fossilized pollen deposits in sediment cores to reconstruct historical vegetation patterns and infer past temperature fluctuations across millennia.
• Forensic botanists can determine geographic origin and movement patterns of suspects by identifying distinctive pollen signatures that adhere to clothing and personal items.
• Declining populations of natural pollinators have prompted agricultural researchers to develop artificial pollen distribution methods to ensure crop fertilization and maintain yields.

Eş anlamlılar: pollen grain, pollen dust