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Pollen

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the fine powdery substance produced by flowers, containing male reproductive cells
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Stage 1 of 2
pollen
Latin · ancient
"fine flour, fine dust"
literally fine flour, mill dust
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Stage 2 of 2
pollen
English · 1760s
"the fine powder produced by flowers for reproduction"
adopted by botanists for the fine, powdery reproductive grains of flowering plants
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