pollinium

English

Pollinia of an orchid

Etymology

From pollen +‎ -ium (“mass”).

Noun

pollinium (plural pollinia)

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

Synonyms

• polyad (any group of more than four pollen grains)

Derived terms

• pollinial
• polliniate

Related terms

• pollinarium

Translations

coherent mass of pollen

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

See also

• pollinium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pollinium n (genitive polliniī or pollinī); second declension

1. (New Latin) pollinium

Declension

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).