Pollination Word Search
A free Pollination word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the terms and ideas of a school subject, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: POLLEN, STIGMA, STYLE, OVARY, OVULE, PETAL, SEPAL, ANTHER, FILAMENT, NECTAR, POLLINATOR, BUTTERFLY.
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Pollination word list, defined
- POLLEN /ˈpɒlən/ (British); /ˈpɑːlən/ (US) · noun
- Pollen is the fine powdery substance produced by flowering plants, consisting of microscopic grains that contain the male reproductive cells. It is transferred by wind, insects, birds, and other animals during pollination. Related: pollen grains, male spores.
- STIGMA /ˈstɪɡmə/ · noun
- In modern social use, stigma means a mark of discredit or social disapproval attached to a person, group, condition, or identity. In botany, the same word names the receptive part of a flower’s pistil, and in zoology it can mean a spot or marking on an animal. Related: disgrace, shame, dishonour, infamy.
- STYLE /staɪl/ · noun
- A particular way of writing, speaking, behaving, or doing something, especially one regarded as distinctive or appropriate. The word can also refer to a fashionable appearance or the general manner of an artistic work. Related: manner, mannerism, approach, method.
- OVARY /ˈoʊvəri/ · noun
- A female reproductive gland that produces ova, or eggs, and secretes reproductive hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. In botany, an ovary is the enlarged basal part of a flower’s pistil that contains the ovules.
- OVULE /ˈoʊvjuːl/ (US); /ˈəʊvjuːl/ (British) · noun
- A small, egg-shaped structure in a flower or other plant, containing the female reproductive cells. After fertilization, an ovule develops into a seed.
- PETAL /ˈpɛtəl/ · noun
- A thin, usually colored, leaf-like part of a flower, often bearing scent or nectar guides. Petals collectively form the corolla and may attract pollinators or aid reproduction.
- SEPAL /ˈsɛpəl/ · noun
- One of the leaflike parts of a flower that form the calyx, usually beneath the petals and enclosing the bud. The sepals protect the developing flower and may be green, petal-like, fused, or modified in special ways.
- ANTHER /ˈænθər/ · noun
- The anther is the pollen-bearing part of a flower's stamen, typically a bilobed sac at the tip of the filament in which pollen grains are produced and released. Related: pollen sac.
- FILAMENT /ˈfɪləmənt/ · noun
- A fine thread or slender fiber, especially one of natural or artificial origin. In physics and engineering, a thin wire, such as that in a light bulb, which glows when heated by an electric current. Related: thread, fiber, strand, wire.
- NECTAR /ˈnɛktər/ · noun
- A sweet liquid secreted by flowers and collected by insects and other pollinators as a source of nectar. In classical mythology, nectar is also the drink of the gods. Related: honey, syrup, ambrosia, sweetness.
- POLLINATOR British: /ˈpɒləneɪtər/; US: /ˈpɑːləneɪtər/ · noun
- An animal, typically an insect such as a bee or butterfly, that transfers pollen between flowering plants, enabling fertilization and seed production. The term can also refer more broadly to wind or water-mediated pollen transfer. Related: pollination agent, pollen carrier, pollen vector, flower visitor.
- BUTTERFLY /ˈbʌtərflaɪ/ (US) /ˈbʌtəflaɪ/ (UK) · noun
- An insect with two pairs of large, often brightly colored wings covered in tiny scales, typically active during the day and feeding on nectar through a long coiled proboscis. Related: moth-like insect is not a synonym; no precise single-word synonyms exist.
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