Definition of "pollinia" []

• Plural form of pollinium. (noun)

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• "Different scents draw the flies to the right location to pick up the pollen, which is bundled into grains called pollinia."
• "The heavy, sticky nature of orchids' "pollinia" has significant evolutionary consequences."
• "The pollen spores are usually aggregated into two or four waxy masses ( "pollinia," sing. pollinium), which usually can only be removed by the agency of insects upon which all but a very few orchids are absolutely dependent for the pollination of the flowers."