0 past simple and past participle of pollinate
1 to take pollen from one plant or part of a plant to another so that new plant seeds can be produced:
Plants pollinated by different agents also showed no significant differences along the structural gradient.
Pollination studies revealed that assisted pollination did not significantly improve fruit production or seed quality over unpollinated or naturally pollinated inflorescences.
The flowering cycle of this species is similar to that commonly found in taxa with inflorescences consisting of unisexual flowers that are pollinated by beetles.
This characteristic should be incorporated into open pollinated maize varieties.
Notwithstanding this, the flowers of about 6% of the species may be bird pollinated, though it is unknown whether any are exclusively so.
