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pollen.

finely ground flour; powder (of anything produced by grinding);

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpɔl.lɛn]Classical-Latin[ˈpɔl.len]
  1. flour, especially fine flour, milldust

    declension-3 · literally · neuter
  2. the (very) fine powder or dust of other things

    declension-3 · neuter
    pollen piperis
    pollen tūris
Where this word comes from

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare with Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal; any fine dust”), as well as pulvis (though De Vaan is skeptical of the latter link).

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