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Pollen zones are a system of subdividing the Last Glacial Period and Holocene paleoclimate using the data from pollen cores. The sequence provides a global
Pollen_zone
Grains containing the male gametophytes of seed plants
Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. It consists of pollen grains (highly
Pollen
Period of Blytt–Sernander sequence of north European climatic phase
palaeoclimatology was the warmest and moistest Blytt–Sernander period, pollen zone and chronozone of Holocene northern Europe. The climate was generally
Atlantic_period
Global warm period around 9,000–5,000 years ago
record. For other past climate fluctuation, see paleoclimatology. For the pollen zone and Blytt–Sernander period, associated with the climate optimum, see
Holocene_climatic_optimum
First of Blytt–Sernander sequence of north European climatic phase
schemes based on pollen zones also distinguish a pre-Boreal (pollen zone IV), an early Boreal (pollen zone V) and a late Boreal (pollen zone VIa, b, and c)
Boreal_period
pre-Boreal period of European climate change. Pollen Zone IV Pre-boreal, associated with juniper, willow, birch pollen deposits. Neolithic era begins in Ancient
Timeline of environmental history
Timeline_of_environmental_history
pollen zones and given Roman numerals as part of the Blytt–Sernander sequence. More recent works are increasingly often using their own pollen zone systems
History of Central European forests
History_of_Central_European_forests
Warmer periods within an ice age
climatic optimum took place during pollen zone E4 in the type area (city of Amersfoort, Netherlands). Here this zone is characterized by the expansion
Interglacial
Last climatic phase of the Holocene
subatlantic consists of the pollen zones IX and X. This corresponds in the scheme of Fritz Theodor Overbeck to the pollen zones XI and XII. In climate stratigraphy
Subatlantic
Mesolithic hunter-gatherer culture in southern Scandinavia
used for rituals. The conducted pollen analysis dates the Kongemose site to a period broadly corresponding to Pollen Zone VI (ca. 7700 - 5500 BC). Bo Friman
Kongemose_culture
Geological period of the Earth
Eurasia, particularly part of Northern Europe, roughly equivalent to Pollen zone Ic. In the Greenland oxygen isotope record, the Older Dryas appears as
Older_Dryas
Elliptical depressions concentrated along the Atlantic seaboard of North America
documented well-defined pollen zones consisting of distinct pollen assemblages. They found a stratigraphically consistent series of pollen zones, which increased
Carolina_bays
Climatic period of the Holocene
Zagwijn's pollen zones IVa and IVb and T. Litt's pollen zone VIII. In the pollen scheme of Fritz Theodor Overbeck, it occupies pollen zone X. In paleoclimatology
Subboreal
Period of major glaciations of the Northern Hemisphere (115,000–12,000 years ago)
Britain.[citation needed] The latter part of the Devensian includes pollen zones I–IV, the Allerød oscillation and Bølling oscillation, and the Oldest
Last_Glacial_Period
Series of north European climatic periods
Sernander (1908). The classification was incorporated into a sequence of pollen zones later defined by Lennart von Post, one of the founders of palynology
Blytt–Sernander_system
Hardiness zone 5. A good predictor for when a plant will bloom and produce pollen is a calculation of the growing degree days. The color of pollen below indicates
List_of_pollen_sources
Species of tree
growing P. africana, has been in the catchment continuously since their Pollen Zone MB6.1, dated about 43,000–33,000 years ago. Hills, R.; Cheek, M. (2021)
Prunus_africana
Genus of insect
bumblebees, it is modified to form a pollen basket, a bare shiny area surrounded by a fringe of hairs used to transport pollen, whereas in cuckoo bumblebees
Bumblebee
Extinct genus of flowering plants
Fort Union Formation fossils, with most sites in Wyoming in the P-3 pollen zone and thus Middle Paleocene. Palaeocarpinus specimens have been recovered
Palaeocarpinus
Species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae
temperate zones, poppies bloom from spring into early summer. Most species secrete latex when injured. Bees use poppies as a pollen source. The pollen of the
Poppy
Population genetics term
A hybrid zone exists where the ranges of two interbreeding species or diverged intraspecific lineages meet and cross-fertilize. Hybrid zones can form
Hybrid_zone
Splitting of a plant structure to release contents
function of the anther that causes the release of pollen grains. This process is coordinated precisely with pollen differentiation, floral development, and flower
Dehiscence_(botany)
Biostratigraphic unit in geology
zone fossils, as they preserve well and often have relatively short biozones. Microfossils, such as dinoflagellates, foraminiferans, or plant pollen are
Biozone
Process that drives self-organization within complex adaptive systems
phase process in the landscape explains the consistent appearance of pollen zones in the postglacial forest history of North America, Europe, as well as
Dual-phase_evolution
Pollen drift is the accidental cross-pollination of different varieties of crops through natural dispersal methods. The term is used almost exclusively
Pollen_drift
Flowering genus, rose family Rosaceae
red, and they are perfect, with usually red stamens that produce copious pollen, and a half-inferior ovary. Flowering occurs in the spring after 50–80 growing
Malus
Large family of flowering plants
by a whorl of protective involucral bracts. The oldest known fossils are pollen grains from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian) of Antarctica
Asteraceae
Welsh academic
Possnert G (2006). "Constraining the age of Lateglacial and early Holocene pollen zones and tephra horizons in southern Sweden with Bayesian probability methods"
Siwan_Davies
Genus of plants
Cupressaceae, with 6 to 20 scales. In hardiness zones 7 through 10, junipers can bloom and release pollen several times each year. Different junipers bloom
Juniper
Growth or movement of an organism in response to an electric field
muscle cells, fibroblasts, epithelial cells, green algae, spores, and pollen tubes, among others, have been already reported to respond by either growing
Electrotropism
Species of flowering plant in the poppy family
pollen production, on a per flower basis, with its rate of 13.3 ± 2.8 μl. The California poppy placed second with a rate of 8.3 ± 1.1 μl. The pollen production
Papaver_rhoeas
Cooling period during the preboreal stage
G. (2006). "Constraining the age of Lateglacial and early Holocene pollen zones and tephra horizons in southern Sweden with Bayesian probability methods"
Preboreal_oscillation
Tropical fruit tree
dense reddish brown hairs, 1-ovuled, style short and stigma truncate. Its pollen is shed as permanent tetrads. The fruit is oval, dark green when immature
Soursop
Species of plant
seeds. The male cones are 4–6 cm (1+1⁄2–2+1⁄4 in) long, and shed their pollen in autumn. Young tree in India Older tree in India Trunk Close-up of leaves
Cedrus_deodara
Sources of Pollen. American Bee Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2019 – via Internet Archive. American Honey Plants. Tew, James Some Ohio Nectar and Pollen Producing
List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees
List_of_Northern_American_nectar_sources_for_honey_bees
Allergy rating system
account pollen allergies, contact allergies, and odor allergies, with higher weighting given to pollen allergies that are caused by inhaling pollen into
Ogren_Plant_Allergy_Scale
Volcanic ejecta that formed an ash layer
evident in independent palaeoclimatic reconstructions obtained from pollen zones, marine and ice-core records, but these sequences cannot be reliably
Saksunarvatn_tephra
Group of eudicots known as core eudicots
result of convergent evolution. Pollen grains in the Pentapetalae are characteristically tricolpate. This type of pollen grain has three or more pores within
Pentapetalae
Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family
fresh water tidal zone (De Biesbosch). → C. palustris var. araneosa (only generally recognised in the Netherlands) White sepals, pollen pantoporate or sometimes
Caltha_palustris
Species of flowering plant
field of O. speciosa Unopened flower buds O. speciosa with bud and leaf Pollen magnified 200x Example of Macroglossum stellatarum (hummingbird hawk-moth)
Oenothera_speciosa
Waterfalls on the Tanzania and Zambia border
the water's edge during a period of reduced rainfall. Zone V Pollen collected from the next zone indicate an identical environment with the swamp and woodland
Kalambo_Falls
Earth's most severe extinction event
The geological record of terrestrial plants is sparse and based mostly on pollen and spore studies. Floral changes across the Permian-Triassic boundary are
Permian–Triassic extinction event
Permian–Triassic_extinction_event
Female organs of a flower
It consists of one or more pistils, and is typically surrounded by the pollen-producing reproductive organs, the stamens, collectively called the androecium
Gynoecium
Genus of flowering plants
sufficiently coated with pollen. A sticky resin is also produced in drops attached to the spadix which help to keep the pollen attached to the beetles
Philodendron
Genus of flowering plants in the birch family Betulaceae
Alnus × spaethii Callier (A. japonica × A. subcordata) The oldest fossil pollen that can be identified as Alnus is from northern Bohemia, dating to the
Alder
Coast redwood tree protected by environmental activists in California
was repaired and survived. The coast redwood species is monoecious, with pollen and seed cones on the same plant. Luna is located on a windswept ridge overlooking
Luna_(tree)
Genus of carnivorous plants
will inevitably come in contact with a lot of pollen, both from the hanging anthers and from the pollen collected by the style. Upon exiting, the bees
Sarracenia
Petrified hyrax excrement accumulation
contain a diverse range of paleoenvironmental proxies, including fossil pollen and stable carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen isotopes. Combined with the antiquity
Rock_hyrax_midden
Genus of South African flowering plants
Protea species belong is an ancient one among angiosperms. Evidence from pollen fossils suggests Proteaceae ancestors grew in Gondwana, in the Upper Cretaceous
Protea
Genus of flowering plants
labellum, always being present. A specialized staminode, the stamen, bears pollen from a half-anther. A somewhat narrower "petal" is the pistil, which is
Canna_(plant)
characterized by an increase in tree cover. In the Paris Basin and in Belgium, pollen analyses enable us to distinguish two phases in this episode: the first
Climate_of_France
Species of nut tree native to the southern USA and northern Mexico
families: those that shed pollen before they can receive pollen (protandrous) and those that shed pollen after becoming receptive to pollen (protogynous). State-level
Pecan
Historical process by which the lower River Thames was turned into a tidal canal
completed a biostratigraphic study in the Estuary using radiocarbon dating of pollen, diatoms and other microfossil samples. He proposed a model in which the
Embanking_of_the_tidal_Thames
Comune in Aosta Valley, Italy
2022) • Total 1,485 • Density 99/km2 (260/sq mi) Demonym Pollençois Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 11020 Dialing code 0165
Pollein
Genus of conifers
and papery with a wing around the edge to aid wind-dispersal. The male (pollen) cones are slender conic, 5–11 cm (2.0–4.3 in) long and 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in)
Wollemia
Stratigraphy which assigns ages of rock strata by using fossils
as acritarchs, chitinozoans, conodonts, dinoflagellate cysts, ostracods, pollen, spores and foraminiferans are also frequently used. Different fossils work
Biostratigraphy
Family of beetles
false blister beetles, though some recent authors have coined the name pollen-feeding beetles. There are some 100 genera and 1,500 species in the family
Oedemeridae
animals. pollen pollen-grains, the microspores of seed plants from anthers of angiosperms or the microsporangia (of gymnosperms); . pollen-mass Sometimes
Glossary_of_botanical_terms
Country in Oceania
insects and marsupials, such as the honey possum, that feed on nectar and pollen. The koala is an exception, specialising in feeding on eucalyptus leaves
Australia
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023
that they would collaborate to develop a trans-Tasman COVID-safe travel zone that would allow residents from both countries to travel freely without travel
Jacinda_Ardern
Species of edible plant
white to yellow petals, often with a red or purple spot at the base. The pollen grains are spherical and approximately 188 microns in diameter. The fruit
Okra
Group of seed plants
develop into pollen grains, which contain the male (micro)gametophytes. Large amounts of pollen are released and carried by the wind. Some pollen grains land
Conifer
the principal and shows interest in the school. / Misae assumes she has a pollen allergy and takes precautions. But the doctor confirms she has a cold. 272
List of Crayon Shin-chan episodes (1992–2001)
List_of_Crayon_Shin-chan_episodes_(1992–2001)
Species of ant
ant.[citation needed] They also consume pollen, a phenomenon rarely documented in ants of the temperate zone. Workers are yellowish brown in colour, 3
Myrmica_rubra
Species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae
as their grooming behaviour causes them to lick accidentally transferred pollen from their fur. The flowers, leaves, and tubers of H. fulva are edible.
Hemerocallis_fulva
Extinct family of seed ferns
gymnosperms, including the use of a pollen drop to help capture and draw the pollen into the pollen chamber and a pollen tube to deliver the generative nucleus
Callistophytaceae
Archeological site in Colorado
shallow depths of where the pollen samples were collected, the samples had been contaminated with modern pollen. This made the pollen technique unusable. After
Indian Mountain Site (Site ID: 5BL876)
Indian_Mountain_Site_(Site_ID:_5BL876)
Species of flowering plant
the perianth for more than 75% of their length, and bear cream-coloured pollen. The flowers are strongly and sweetly scented. The seeds are black, and
Hyacinthoides_non-scripta
Hybrid cultivar
Magnolia acuminata (seed parent) and the Yulan magnolia Magnolia denudata (pollen parent). Its Plant Patent was granted in 1991. Magnolia 'Butterflies' is
Magnolia_'Butterflies'
Species of flowering plant
pollen is extremely allergenic, with an OPALS allergy scale rating of 10 out of 10. Olea europaea is primarily wind-pollinated and its buoyant pollen
Olive
Hybrid species of bee
honey bees begin foraging at young ages and harvest a greater quantity of pollen compared to their European counterparts (Apis mellifera ligustica). This
Africanized_bee
developed by Onett where bees follow players around. The bees help collect pollen to convert into honey and attack hostile mobs. The game uses quests, events
List_of_Roblox_games
LGA and town in Borno State, Nigeria
Borno, NG Climate Zone, Monthly Averages, Historical Weather Data". tcktcktck.org. Retrieved 13 September 2023. "Air Quality & Pollen Forecast for Monguno"
Monguno
Pattern in storytelling
derive hope and assurance from the helpful female figure, by whose magic (pollen charms or power of intercession) they are protected through all the frightening
Hero's_journey
Marine flowering plants
worm larvae have both been found with pollen grains, the plant producing nutritious mucigenous clumps of pollen to attract and stick to them instead of
Seagrass
1908 air burst explosion in Siberia, Russia
abundant forest tree pollen, but no hydrophytes, suggesting that no lake existed then, but a taiga forest growing on marshy ground. Pollen and microcharcoal
Tunguska_event
Shawbrook Group plc which is owned by a consortium led by BC Partners and Pollen Street Capital. Sheffield Coal Company – was a coal mining company. It operated
List of companies of the United Kingdom K–Z
List_of_companies_of_the_United_Kingdom_K–Z
after the Rappaccini's Daughter flower. The Flash stops them by releasing pollen from said flower, causing the two crime lords to be spontaneous with each
List_of_The_Flash_characters
Long-term weather pattern of a region
scales (from decades to millennia) from ice sheets, tree rings, sediments, pollen, coral, and rocks to determine the past state of the climate. It demonstrates
Climate
Family of flowering plants comprising bellflowers
described as a pollen pump. The style eventually protrudes through the anther tube, and becomes receptive to pollen. In Campanuloideae, the pollen is instead
Campanulaceae
Genus of coniferous trees
though autumn in a few pines), falling as soon as they have shed their pollen. The female cones take 1.5–3 years (depending on species) to mature after
Pine
German physicist (1901–1976)
bout of hay fever with aspirin and cocaine, Heisenberg retreated to the pollen-free North Sea island of Helgoland to focus on quantum mechanics. His seminal
Werner_Heisenberg
woodpecker, Dryobates maculifrons (E-BR) Powerful woodpecker, Campephilus pollens (E-SA) Crimson-bellied woodpecker, Campephilus haematogaster Red-necked
List of birds of South America
List_of_birds_of_South_America
Species of plant in family Araceae
Araceae, native to Luzon in the Philippines. With Alocasia odora it is the pollen parent of the large landscaping plant Alocasia × portora.[unreliable source
Alocasia_portei
Species of tree
receptacle; filaments short; anthers extrorse, two-celled, opening longitudinally Pollen: Shed as permanent tetrads Pistils: Several, on the summit of the receptacle
Asimina_triloba
Tiny lifeforms floating and drifting in the air, carried by the wind
that live some part of their life cycle as aeroplankton, often as spores, pollen, and wind-scattered seeds. Additionally, microorganisms are swept into the
Aeroplankton
Iron Age culture in central Italy
larger population of Rome. Pollen core samples from the Pontine region attest to increases in the quantity of wheat pollen during the Late Bronze, itself
Latial_culture
Offspring of cross-species reproduction
barriers exist in plants, with differences in flowering times, pollen vectors, inhibition of pollen tube growth, somatoplastic sterility, cytoplasmic-genic male
Hybrid_(biology)
Extinct genus of pitcher plant
droseracean or nepenthacean affinity. It is a form taxon known only from fossil pollen. Species assigned to this genus originate from numerous regions of the world
Droseridites
Extinct order of Late Carboniferous seed ferns
ovules with circular cross-section and a vascularised nucellus, complex pollen-organs, stems and rachides with a dissected stele, and frond-like leaves
Medullosales
Time period c. 12,900–11,700 years ago
the Younger Dryas is reconstructed through proxy data such as traces of pollen, ice cores and layers of marine and lake sediments. Collectively, this evidence
Younger_Dryas
Genus of conifers in the yew family Taxaceae
The male cones are globose, 3–6 mm (1⁄8–1⁄4 in) across, and shed their pollen in early spring. Yews are mostly dioecious, but occasional individuals can
Taxus
Genus of orchids
are completely enclosed. The pollen germinates after enclosure and tubes are produced. In Phalaenopsis aphrodite, pollen tubes entered the ovary within
Phalaenopsis
Species of flowering plant
blooms from August to October, producing yellow or white flowers and yellow pollen. It grows outside under sunlight with moist soil. It can tolerate light
Chrysanthemum_indicum
Species of flowering tree
subtropical areas, corresponding in the United States to USDA hardiness zones 9 and 10. It tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, but prefers a neutral
Moringa_oleifera
Archipelago in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
(Köppen: Cfb; Trewartha: Dolk), being almost free of pollen and thus ideal for people with pollen allergies. Temperatures rarely drop below 0 °C (32 °F)
Heligoland
Prehistoric plant order
also called a salpinx) that facilitated capture of the pollen and directed it down to the pollen chamber above the megagametophyte. In later, Pennsylvanian-age
Lyginopteridales
Expulsion of fluid during orgasm
not urine'". J. Sex Res. 20 (2): 194–215. doi:10.1080/00224498409551217. Pollen, JJ; Dreilinger, A (March 1984). "Immunohistochemical identification of
Female_ejaculation
Fleet sailing against England in 1588
28–32. Pendrill 2002, p. 286. Lewis 1960, pp. 62, 63. Lewis 1960, p. 63. Pollen 1907, pp. 727–729. Hutchinson, Robert. "10 things you (probably) didn't
Spanish_Armada
Species of creeping annual plant
petals are red in their upper part and the filaments are pink to lavender. Pollens are circular with approximately 8 microns in diameter. The fruit consists
Mimosa_pudica
POLLEN ZONE
POLLEN ZONE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with golden hair, from Middle English gelden, golden (from Old English gylden).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Ualghairg (see McGoldrick).
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Colleen, COLLYN means "girl."
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads, so named from Old Norse pollr ‘small bay’, ‘pond’.English : possibly a respelling of Irish Polan, Polin, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Póilin ‘son of Pólin’, from a pet form of Pól, Gaelic form of Paul.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Woolen.Norwegian : habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Vollen, from the definite singular form of voll ‘meadow’ (see Voll).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Collin, a pet form of Coll 1.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Colton, COLTEN means "Cola's settlement."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Helen, probably HELLEN means "torch."
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German (also North German von Holten)
Dutch and German (also North German von Holten) : habitational name from places so called, from Low German holt ‘holt’, ‘copse’, ‘small wood’. There is one in the Dutch province of Overijssel and another near Oberhausen in the Rhineland.Danish : variant of Holt.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, either from the definite singular form of holt ‘holt’, ‘small wood’ (see Holt), or from holt ‘hill’, ‘stony slope’.English : variant spelling of Holton.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Colleen, COLEEN means "girl."Â
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Yorkshire) : topographic name from Middle English holin ‘holly tree’, or a habitational name from any of the minor places named with this word, as for example Hollin and Holling in Worcestershire, or Hollins in West Yorkshire.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Dolly, DOLLEE means "gift of God."
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : apparently a variant spelling of Follin.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Yorkshire) : topographic name from Middle English holin, holi(e) ‘holly tree’. Compare Hollen.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic CailÃn, COLLEEN means "girl."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Colin, COLLIN means "whelp; young pup."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hollen.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Dolly, DOLLEY means "gift of God."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bullen.
Girl/Female
Irish
From the Irish cailin meaning “girl†and used by the Irish in the USA and Australia as a way of connecting to their Irish roots.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria)
English (Northumbria) : apparently a variant spelling of Hollen.
POLLEN ZONE
POLLEN ZONE
Boy/Male
Tamil
New garden, New home
Boy/Male
Hindu
Attentive, Skilful
Boy/Male
Tamil
Life, Spirit, Energy, Might, Another name for braluna and vishnu
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Protector of the House of God
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Lord of Knowledge; Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
Assamese, Indian
General
Female
Dutch
, pearl.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Greek
Attractive; Fair; Good-looking
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek, Irish
Light; Torch
POLLEN ZONE
POLLEN ZONE
POLLEN ZONE
POLLEN ZONE
POLLEN ZONE
n.
A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.
n.
A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.
a.
Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
n.
A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring.
b. t.
To raise or lift by means of a pulley.
n.
A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
n.
One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Baex. (d) One who registplws votplws, or one who enters his name as a voter.
n.
A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
n.
ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
a.
Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll. Specifically: (a) Lopped; -- said of trees having their tops cut off. (b) Cropped; hence, bald; -- said of a person. "The polled bachelor." Beau. & Fl. (c) Having cast the antlers; -- said of a stag. (d) Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep.
a.
Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.
a.
Plucked; pilled; moulting.
a.
Swollen; puffed out.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Poll
v. t.
To supply with pollen; to impregnate with pollen.
a.
Covered with pollen.
imp. & p. p.
of Poll
n.
Pollen.
n.
The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.
n.
A substance found in the pollen of certain plants.