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The plants are pollinated by bees.
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These insects end up being coated with a thick, sticky liquid that dries onto their bodies and serves to pollinate the flower.
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The tiny robots are a big deal because this could unlock a precise method to artificially pollinate plants in multilevel warehouses, enabling the cultivation of fruits and vegetables indoors at scale , and reducing the need for vast farmlands.
—New Atlas, 22 Feb. 2025
The flowers may have only a handful of days to pollinate.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
As with many other plants, air plant flowers need to be pollinated either by the wind or insects to produce seeds, which is unlikely to occur indoors.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2025
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The tiny robots are a big deal because this could unlock a precise method to artificially pollinate plants in multilevel warehouses, enabling the cultivation of fruits and vegetables indoors at scale , and reducing the need for vast farmlands.
—New Atlas, 22 Feb. 2025
The flowers may have only a handful of days to pollinate.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
As with many other plants, air plant flowers need to be pollinated either by the wind or insects to produce seeds, which is unlikely to occur indoors.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pollinate
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“Pollinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollinate. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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