pollinium

English edit

Pollinia of an orchid

Etymology edit

pollen +‎ -ium (“mass”)

Noun edit

pollinium (plural pollinia)

(palynology) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.

Synonyms edit

polyad (any group of more than four pollen grains)

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

pollinarium

Translations edit

coherent mass of pollen

German: Pollinium n
Korean: 화분괴 (hwabun'goe)
Spanish: polinio m

See also edit

pollinium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References edit

“pollinium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “pollen +‎ -ium?”

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /polˈli.ni.um/, [pɔlˈlʲɪniʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /polˈli.ni.um/, [polˈliːnium]

Noun edit

pollinium n (genitive polliniī or pollinī); second declension

(New Latin) pollinium

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pollinium	pollinia
Genitive	polliniī pollinī¹	polliniōrum
Dative	polliniō	polliniīs
Accusative	pollinium	pollinia
Ablative	polliniō	polliniīs
Vocative	pollinium	pollinia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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