| apollinaire | (n) French poet; precursor of surrealism (1880-1918), Syn. Guillaume Apollinaire, Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki |
| cross-pollination | (n) fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another, Ant. self-pollination |
| cross-pollination | (n) stimulating influence among diverse elements, Example: the cross-pollination of the arts |
| pollinate | (v) fertilize by transfering pollen, Syn. cross-pollinate, pollenate |
| pollination | (n) transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant, Syn. pollenation |
| pollinator | (n) an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another |
| self-pollinating | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of self-pollination |
| self-pollination | (n) fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower, Ant. cross-pollination |
| self-fertilized | (adj) fertilized by its own pollen, Syn. self-fertilised, self-pollinated |
| Apollinarian | a. [ L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo. ] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Apollinarian | n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Apollinaris water | An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| cross-pollinate | v. to fertilize by transfering pollen. Syn. -- pollinate. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| cross-pollination | n. fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Pollinate | a. (Zool.) Pollinose. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pollinate | v. t. (Bot.) To apply pollen to (a stigma). -- Pol`li*na"tion n. (Bot.) [1913 Webster] |