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pollen

pol.len \'pa:l-*n\ \pa:-'lin-ik\ n [NL pollin-, pollen, fr. L, fine flour; 
   akin to L pulvis dust], Gk pale- fine meal 1: a mass of microspores in a 
   seed plant appearing usu. as a fine dust  2: a dusty bloom on the body of 
   an insect  - pol.lin.ic aj