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Pollinarium vs Pollinium - What's the difference?

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Pollinium is a related term of pollinarium.



As nouns the difference between pollinarium and pollinium

is that pollinarium is the structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium while pollinium is a coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.

pollinarium

English

Noun

(pollinaria)
  • (botany) The structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium.

    • Related terms

    * pollinium

    pollinium

    English

    Noun

    (pollinia)
  • (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

    References

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    See also

    * (wikipedia "pollinium") ----