pollen

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
2. (uncountable, usually)Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants.

   “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.”

3. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Fine powder in general, fine flour.

   “and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne,[…]as well of pollen, as of other vitailes”

   “The bran, pollen and gurgions of this grain will be profitable to the miller; […]”

verb

1. (poetic, transitive)To cover with, or as if with, pollen.