pollinarium
Pollinarum of an orchid attached to a toothpick by its viscidium
Meaning
Noun
- The structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium.
Origin
- First used in H. F. Link's Elementa philosophiæ botanicæ (1824), formed from classical Latin pollin- (pollen) and the suffix -arium (place for).1
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