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Pollen vs Nonpollen - What's the difference?

pollen | nonpollen |

As nouns the difference between pollen and nonpollen

is that pollen is while nonpollen is any material that is not pollen.

As an adjective nonpollen is

not of or pertaining to pollen.

pollen

English

(wikipedia pollen)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Fine powder in general, fine flour (16th century usage documented by OED; no longer common.)
  • * "...and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne,... as well of pollen, as of other vitailes..." Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?; Berners, John Bourchier, Lord [https://archive.org/details/chroniclefroiss00froigoog]
    • (Bailey)
  • A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th century.)
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}

    Related terms

    * pollinate

    Derived terms

    * pollen analysis * pollenarious * pollen basket * pollen count * pollen counter * pollen grain * polleniferous * pollenize, pollenise * pollenlike * pollen mother cell * pollen parent * pollen sac * pollen tube * polleny

    See also

    * palynologic * palynological * palynologist * palynology ----

    nonpollen

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Any material that is not pollen.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Not of or pertaining to pollen.
    • a nonpollen allergen