pollination

Synonyms:

pollenation

Types:

cross-pollination

fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another

self-pollination

fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower

cleistogamy

the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers

Type of:

fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation

creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant