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I can't pick a favorite animal; I love so many! But I guess if I have to choose, I pick bees! There's this brilliant documentary called 'Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?' I think it's important for people to be educated about bees - they pollinate almost all the food we eat. They are amazing!
Isabel Lucas

Meaning of "pollinate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLLINATE

pollinate  [ˈpɒlɪˌneɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLLINATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pollinate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pollinate in English.

WHAT DOES POLLINATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pollinate

Pollination

Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred from the anther (male part) to the stigma (female part) of the Plant, thereby enabling fertilization and reproduction.This takes place in the angiosperms, the flower bearing plants. In spite of a common perception that pollen grains are gametes, like the sperm cells of animals, this is incorrect; pollination is a phase in the alternation of generations. Each pollen grain is a male haploid gametophyte, adapted to being transported to the female gametophyte, where it can effect fertilization by producing the male gamete (or gametes), in the process of double fertilization). A successful angiosperm pollen grain (gametophyte) containing the male gametes gets transported to the stigma, where it germinates and its pollen tube grows down the style to the ovary. Its two gametes travel down the tube to where the gametophyte(s) containing the female gametes are held within the carpel. One nucleus fuses with the polar bodies to produce the endosperm tissues, and the other with the ovule to produce the embryo Hence the term: "double fertilization".

Definition of pollinate in the English dictionary

The definition of pollinate in the dictionary is to transfer pollen from the anthers to the stigma of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO POLLINATE

PRESENT

Present
I pollinate
you pollinate
he/she/it pollinates
we pollinate
you pollinate
they pollinate
Present continuous
I am pollinating
you are pollinating
he/she/it is pollinating
we are pollinating
you are pollinating
they are pollinating
Present perfect
I have pollinated
you have pollinated
he/she/it has pollinated
we have pollinated
you have pollinated
they have pollinated
Present perfect continuous
I have been pollinating
you have been pollinating
he/she/it has been pollinating
we have been pollinating
you have been pollinating
they have been pollinating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pollinated
you pollinated
he/she/it pollinated
we pollinated
you pollinated
they pollinated
Past continuous
I was pollinating
you were pollinating
he/she/it was pollinating
we were pollinating
you were pollinating
they were pollinating
Past perfect
I had pollinated
you had pollinated
he/she/it had pollinated
we had pollinated
you had pollinated
they had pollinated
Past perfect continuous
I had been pollinating
you had been pollinating
he/she/it had been pollinating
we had been pollinating
you had been pollinating
they had been pollinating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pollinate
you will pollinate
he/she/it will pollinate
we will pollinate
you will pollinate
they will pollinate
Future continuous
I will be pollinating
you will be pollinating
he/she/it will be pollinating
we will be pollinating
you will be pollinating
they will be pollinating
Future perfect
I will have pollinated
you will have pollinated
he/she/it will have pollinated
we will have pollinated
you will have pollinated
they will have pollinated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pollinating
you will have been pollinating
he/she/it will have been pollinating
we will have been pollinating
you will have been pollinating
they will have been pollinating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pollinate
you would pollinate
he/she/it would pollinate
we would pollinate
you would pollinate
they would pollinate
Conditional continuous
I would be pollinating
you would be pollinating
he/she/it would be pollinating
we would be pollinating
you would be pollinating
they would be pollinating
Conditional perfect
I would have pollinate
you would have pollinate
he/she/it would have pollinate
we would have pollinate
you would have pollinate
they would have pollinate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pollinating
you would have been pollinating
he/she/it would have been pollinating
we would have been pollinating
you would have been pollinating
they would have been pollinating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pollinate
we let´s pollinate
you pollinate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pollinate
Past participle
pollinated
Present Participle
pollinating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLLINATE


contaminate
kənˈtæmɪˌneɪt
coordinate
kəʊˈɔːdɪˌneɪt
declinate
ˈdɛklɪˌneɪt
demyelinate
diːˈmaɪəlɪˌneɪt
desalinate
diːˈsælɪˌneɪt
discriminate
dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪt
disseminate
dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt
dominate
ˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
eliminate
ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt
fascinate
ˈfæsɪˌneɪt
hallucinate
həˈluːsɪˌneɪt
illuminate
ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪt
laminate
ˈlæmɪˌneɪt
nominate
ˈnɒmɪˌneɪt
originate
əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt
reclinate
ˈrɛklɪˌneɪt
rejuvenate
rɪˈdʒuːvɪˌneɪt
selenate
ˈsɛlɪˌneɪt
terminate
ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪt
urinate
ˈjʊərɪˌneɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLLINATE

pollex
pollical
pollices
pollicitation
pollies
pollination
pollinator
polling
polling booth
polling day
polling place
polling station
pollinia
pollinic
polliniferous
polliniser
pollinium
pollinizer
pollinosis
polliwog

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLLINATE

alginate
aluminate
assassinate
caseinate
combinate
culminate
determinate
donate
exterminate
germinate
indeterminate
indiscriminate
indoctrinate
insubordinate
ordinate
paginate
predominate
procrastinate
ruminate
subordinate
succinate

Synonyms and antonyms of pollinate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pollinate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLLINATE

Find out the translation of pollinate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pollinate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pollinate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

授粉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

polinizar
570 millions of speakers

English

pollinate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेचन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلقيح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опыляют
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

polinizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরাগিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

féconder
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendebungaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bestäuben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

受粉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수분
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pollinate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rải phấn hoa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மகரந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परागकण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tozlaşmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impollinare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapylają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запилюють
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poleniza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γονιμοποιούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bestuiwing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pollinerar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pollinere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pollinate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLLINATE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLLINATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pollinate

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QUOTES WITH «POLLINATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pollinate.
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Isabel Lucas
I can't pick a favorite animal; I love so many! But I guess if I have to choose, I pick bees! There's this brilliant documentary called 'Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?' I think it's important for people to be educated about bees - they pollinate almost all the food we eat. They are amazing!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLLINATE»

Discover the use of pollinate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pollinate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Management of Bombus Atratus Bumblebees to Pollinate Lulo ...
Maria Teresa Almanza Fandiño. 3 FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF THE NEOTROPICAL BUMBLEBEE BOMBUS ATRATUS (FRANKLIN) IN A LULO ( SOLANUM QUITOENSE) CULTURE 3.1 Introduction In South America, a wide range of native ...
Maria Teresa Almanza Fandiño, 2007
2
Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food and Flowers in ...
All you have to do to pollinate them is tap them with a stick every other morning. produce a good crop without pollination. If you find your variety is not setting fruit, try changing to a more common variety. Runner beans are one exception; they ...
Shane Smith, Marjorie C. Leggitt, 2000
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New Scientist
When bees fail to pollinate their crops, they grow cereals. These do without bees, but bees cannot feed on them, thus continuing the downward spiral in the population of bees Sarah Corbet Job evaluation for pollinators depends on counting ...
4
InfoWorld
JASON BLUMING IS FOUNDER, CEO, president, and half the employees of Pollinate Inc. Bluming wants us to rent software through the Internet using his online license-management system. What's most interesting about Pollinate is how ...
5
Grow Organic: Fruit and Vegetables Fresh from Your Garden
Organic gardening is easy, especially when you've got an authoritative guide to help.
Nick Hamilton, 2009
6
Encyclopedia of Entomology
In exchange, they pollinate the hospitable plants, just as certain bumblebees do with a furry composite flower of Sussurea found in the Himalayas. Sometimes, insect visitors looking for nectar are forced to stay overnight inside flowers in spite  ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
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Tomato Plant Culture: In the Field, Greenhouse, and Home ...
Bumblebees can damage flowers (they may abort) if there are insufficient flowers to pollinate. If the tomato flower has been visited by a bumblebee, as shown in Figure 2.12, the tip of the yellow flower around the stigma will darken, as shown in ...
J. Benton Jones, Jr., 2007
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Systematics and Pollination of the "closed-flowered" Species ...
(Apis mellifera) have been observed to persistently pollinate alfalfa flowers in the correct manner despite being hit repeatedly by the style and anthers that spring forward upon release (Robin Thorp, pers. comm.). Such evidence seems to ...
Helen Kennedy, 1978
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Solar Gardening: Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American ...
It involves clipping or taping a female blossom shut so that no bees can get inside to pollinate it. The next step is to pick a male flower from a different plant of the same variety and gently strip it of its petals. Next, open the clipped female flower ...
Leandre Poisson, Gretchen Vogel Poisson, 1994
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The Ecological World View
CHAPTER 9 OUTLINE 9.1 Positive Interactions Between Species Can Benefit One or Both of the Species Involved 9.2 Mutualistic Interactions Occur When Animals Pollinate and Defend Plants Bees and Coffee Ants and Acacias 9.3 ...
Charles J. Krebs, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLLINATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pollinate is used in the context of the following news items.
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It's blackberry season! Summer fruits depend on pollinators. But …
... almond orchardists are paying up to eight times more to rent honey bee colonies to pollinate their trees, relative to just twelve years ago. «National Science Foundation, Jul 15»
2
Rooftop beehives the latest buzz at Dallas Omni
While guests sleep, the bees will work to populate, pollinate, and make hundreds of pounds of honey each year. You'll soon see it on the ... «WFAA, Jul 15»
3
Transportation Bill (Including Ex-Im Resurrection) Is Everything …
... though you can bet that we'll see the issue cross-pollinate with such wholly unrelated issues as the Ex-Im, and Planned Parenthood funding, ... «Reason, Jul 15»
4
Citizen scientists tracking Ohio bumblebees
Ohio farmers rely on bees to pollinate more than 70 crops, including apples, strawberries and pumpkins. Nationwide, honeybees pollinate ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
5
Nearly 100000 German Beekeepers Demand a Ban on GMOs
Because bees can fly up to eight kilometers to pollinate and search for food, this is far from the compromise bee advocates are seeking. Even if ... «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
6
Top toques join Prohibition chef in celebrating local farm products …
Passarra's beehives are located next to the Barry Farm and pollinate a variety of citrus orchards around the city. By using both the honey the ... «CultureMap Houston, Jul 15»
7
Trudy's bloom raises a stink
The foul stench instantly attracts a mass of insects to pollinate the flower. If it doesn't get pollinated in that short window of time, it dies. «UC Berkeley, Jul 15»
8
Beekeepers are now 'farmers' in Washington state
Bees pollinate about one-third of the crops consumed in the United States, according to the federal government. “Finally, we're not being ... «WSU News, Jul 15»
9
CRM Watchlist 2015 Winners: The reviews march on to Blackbaud …
There are several of their technology partners that they cross-pollinate with – no, not like that. I mean Gigya can be part of their ecosystem and ... «Enterprise Irregulars, Jul 15»
10
VC native creates clone of white mulberry tree
Some adults fruit even though there is not a male to pollinate the flowers, and some seeds were found in the fruit, although there weren't many. «Jamestown Sun, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pollinate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pollinate>. May 2024 ».
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