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# pollinate

verb (pollinate, pollinates, pollinated, pollinating)

«pollinate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To carry pollen from the male part (stamen) of a flower to the female part (stigma) of the same or another flower, so seeds can form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science, insects such as bees, butterflies and moths pollinate flowers while drinking nectar; wind pollinates grasses and many trees; birds and bats pollinate some flowers. Without pollination, many fruits and crops would not grow, so protecting bees matters. Phrases: «pollinate flowers», «insect-pollinated», «wind-pollinated».

### Examples

- Bees pollinate flowers while they collect nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#x1)
- The wind pollinates grasses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#x2)
- Without bees to pollinate them, apple trees would have few apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#x3)
- Brightly coloured flowers attract insects to pollinate them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#x4)
- Farmers bring hives to the fields to pollinate the crops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#x5)
- Hummingbirds pollinate some flowers with long tubes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#x6)
- Pollen from one flower can pollinate another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#x7)
- After a flower is pollinated, it grows seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/#x8)

### Note

Noun: «pollination»; an animal that pollinates is a «pollinator». Spelling: «pollinate» with double l, like «pollen». Pollination is not the same as fertilisation, which comes after it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pollinate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pollinate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pollinate.html) on Mova free.