送そう粉ふん

noun

pollen transfer; pollination

Technical term used in botany and ecology for the carrying of pollen by insects, birds, wind, etc. Often used in compound words like 送粉者 (pollinator).

• ミツバチは重じゅう要ような送そう粉ふん者しゃである。

  Honeybees are important pollinators.

• 風かぜによる送そう粉ふんを風ふう媒ばいという。

  Pollen transfer by wind is called anemophily.