simple past tense and past participle of pollinate

plural of cross-pollination

(entomology) A technique of pollen collection practised by certain bee species in which the bee holds the flower and vibrates so as to shake pollen free.

To pollinate using cross-pollination

(botany) Fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to a stigma of another. / (figuratively) Inspiration, stimulation, or influence between diverse elements.

(botany) the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a plant of the same species

(botany) relating to plants that pollinate themselves, either with pollen from the same flower or from a neighbouring flower on the same plant.

Pollination of a flower by its own pollen, in a flower that has both stamens and a pistil.