Examples of pollinate in a Sentence
The plants are pollinated by bees.
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Tomato flowers are pollinated by vibration (not by insects), and gentle thumping equivalent to propelling a wad of paper across a tabletop will usually cause pollen to drop within the flower.
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Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2024
As days get longer, native plants that have evolved alongside pollinators attract bees to pollinate their flowers in hopes of passing on their genes to future generations.
—Peter Gorman, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024
From the flowers in the garden that inspired his previous collection to the insects that pollinate them, there was but one step for Roger Vivier creative director Gherardo Felloni, a keen gardener in his spare time.
—Alex Wynne, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
The red fruit that emerges from the flowers that get pollinated usually appears around July.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
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Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2024
As days get longer, native plants that have evolved alongside pollinators attract bees to pollinate their flowers in hopes of passing on their genes to future generations.
—Peter Gorman, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024
From the flowers in the garden that inspired his previous collection to the insects that pollinate them, there was but one step for Roger Vivier creative director Gherardo Felloni, a keen gardener in his spare time.
—Alex Wynne, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
The red fruit that emerges from the flowers that get pollinated usually appears around July.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
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“Pollinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollinate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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