授粉

shòufěn
to pollinate

CEDICT

植物繁殖中，雄蕊花葯裡的花粉經由風或昆蟲等媒介，傳到雌蕊的柱頭或胚珠的過程。是子房形成果實的必要條件，可分為自花授粉和異花授粉兩種。

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Examples

例如，如果沒有蜜蜂授粉，加州的杏仁作物就不會存在。

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 粉絲 fěnsī)
  9. to be a fan of

Related entries

傳粉 chuánfěn
  1. pollination
  2. to pollinate