English-French translations for pollen

• pollen
  En effet, le pollen est le seul indicateur sûr de l'origine du miel. Pollen is the only indicator of the origin of honey.
  De plus, un miel pourrait, selon la directive, contenir du pollen "A" à 20 % et 80 % issus de 8 sortes de pollen. Moreover, honey could, according to the directive, contain 20% pollen 'A' and be 80% from 8 types of pollen.
  Ce qui pose problème, c’est la pollution par dissémination des pollens et les semences perdues accumulées dans la banque de semences. What is at issue is pollution due to the spreading of pollen and waste seed accumulated in the seed bank.

Definition of pollen

• A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th century
• Fine powder in general, fine flour. (16th-century usage documented by the OED
• To cover with, or as if with, pollen

Related words

• pollenize
• equipollence
• sporopollenin
• pollenophagous
• Pollen’s Vanga
• pollen allergy
• pollen grain
• pollen counter
• pollen basket