pollen

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Other immunotherapy treatments are licensed, for allergens such as grass and birch pollen and house dust mites, having been determined safe and effective by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

He would see those lorikeets again later, now feasting on the “frilly white blooms” of a eucalyptus tree, their heads dusty with pollen, dizzily enjoying their nectar-rich world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Their findings show that temperate woodland species, including oak, elm, and hazel, were present much earlier than suggested by pollen records from Britain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

In another chapter, Mr. Haskell follows the path of an owlet moth into the cranefly orchid’s flower and lets us watch how sacs of pollen attach themselves to the insect’s eye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The wind, it seems, isn’t discriminatory in which kind of plant pollen it blows.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson