pollinizer
/ˈpɑlɪnaɪzər/
noun
- A plant that provides pollen for the pollination of another plant.
- Choosing the right pollinizer can improve fruit yield significantly.
- Apple farmers often plant a pollinizer variety next to their main crop.
- This cherry tree serves as a pollinizer for the other trees in the orchard.
- An insect or other agent that carries pollen from one flower to another.
- Without pollinizers like bats and birds, some tropical plants cannot reproduce.
- Butterflies act as pollinizers for wildflowers in the meadow.
- Honeybees are the most important pollinizers for many crops.
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