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授粉

shòu fěn

2-character word

What 授粉 means

1. to pollinate

The characters in 授粉

• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…

Example sentences

• 无花果由榕小蜂授粉。
  Figs are pollinated by fig wasps.
• 没有授粉，我们就吃不到水果和蔬菜。
  Without pollination, we wouldn't be able to eat fruits and vegetables.
• 例如，如果没有蜜蜂授粉，加州的杏仁作物就不会存在。
  Without bee pollination, California's almond crop, for example, would be non-existent.
• 蜜蜂为花卉和树木授粉，并采集花蜜来制造蜂蜜、蜂胶和蜂毒。
  Bees pollinate flowers and trees, and collect nectar to make honey, bee glue and bee venom.
• 美国人所吃的食物中约有三分之一来自蜜蜂授粉的农作物，包括苹果、甜瓜、蔓越莓、南瓜、栉瓜、绿花椰菜和杏仁等等。
  About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, including apples, melons, cranberries, pumpkins, squash, broccoli, and almonds, to name just a few.

Words containing 授粉

• 异花授粉yì huā shòu fěn(botany) cross-pollination
• 自花授粉zì huā shòu fěn(botany) self-pollination