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pollen vs pollinium

pollinium vs pollen

pollen and pollinium both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pollen Yes No No No
pollinium Yes No No No
As nouns, pollinium is a hyponym of pollen; that is, pollinium is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pollen:
  • pollen: the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
  • pollinium: a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids)
Other hyponyms of pollen include ragweed pollen.
pollen (noun) pollinium (noun)
the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids)
Difference between pollen and pollinium

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