授粉

shòufěn
to pollinate

CEDICT

植物繁殖中，雄蕊花葯裡的花粉经由风或昆虫等媒介，传到雌蕊的柱头或胚珠的过程。是子房形成果实的必要条件，可分为自花授粉和异花授粉两种。

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Examples

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.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 授 shòu
  1. (bound form) to confer; to give
  2. (bound form) to teach; to instruct
  3. (literary) to appoint
2 粉 fěn
  1. powder
  2. cosmetic face powder
  3. food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
  4. to turn to powder
  5. (dialect) to whitewash
  6. white
  7. pink
  8. (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝 fěnsī)
  9. to be a fan of

Related entries

传粉 chuánfěn
  1. pollination
  2. to pollinate