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pollen

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1. pollen - Noun

2. pollen - Verb

Meaning

Fine bran or flour.

The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. James Russell Lowell

It struck Duffy that a touch of hysteria had sharpened the good fellowship tonight, as if the night wind whistling under the eaves carried some pollen of impermanence, making everyone nostalgic for things they hadn't yet lost. Tim Powers

Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight. Alice Hoffman

I will meet you on the nape of your neck one day, on the surface of intention, word becoming act. We will breathe into each other the high mountain tales, where the snows come from, where the waters begin.” -In the yellow time of pollen. Luke Davies

I would regard meanings given by others so far as refreshing boon, I would still be enamored of rose or any heartless flower's smell if tender tides of your affection had not suffused the pollen of my heart with loving aroma. Suman Pokhrel

Where's a friggin' rocket when you need it? Ah, crap, Jaden, stop with the pollen. I hate that. Yeah, taste honey, you punk! (Acheron) Sherrilyn Kenyon

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