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pollen
1. n. Fine powder in general, fine flour (16th century usage documented by the OED; no longer common.)
2. n. A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th cent
3. v. (transitive, poetic) To cover with, or as if with, pollen.

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Just how well can masks block the, even smaller than pollen, yellow sand dust? I think it much more of a nuisance than pollen.

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