Defn: To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows.
Evelyn.
POLLAX
Poll"ax`, n.
Defn: A poleax. [Obs.] Chaucer.
POLLED
Polled, a.
Defn: 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.
POLLEN
Pol"len, n. Etym: [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr.
1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] Bailey.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament. Pollen grain (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen. — Pollen mass, a pollinium. Gray. — Pollen sac, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, — usually there are four in each anther. — Pollen tube, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule.
POLLENARIOUS
Pol`len*a"ri*ous, a.