Re: Pollenation, pollenization
- Subject: Re: Pollenation, pollenization
- From: J* D*
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:05:30 -0800 (PST)
Are Oz & New Zealand considered "The New World"
because they are/were European colonies or "The Old
World" because they're in the Asian longitudes?
And moving profoundly off-topic: Which of the two
countries is closer to becoming a republic (i.e.
replacing the Queen Elizabeth as head of state with an
elected head of state)? I heard word recently that the
movement for a republic was further along in NZ.
Feel free to email me off-list.
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- Tony and Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Krzysztof Kozminski wrote:
> >
> > On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 11:58 AM, Tony and
> Moira Ryan wrote:
> >
> > > Nan Sterman wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Can someone please tell me the difference
> beween pollenation and
> > >> pollenization?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >>
> > > Hi Nan
> > > After a bit of detective work I have come to the
> conclusion that while
> > > pollination (note spelling) is a legitimate word
> relating to the
> > > process
> > > of transferring pollen from an anther to a
> stigma, pollinization is
> > > simply a made-up term which appears neither in
> any dictionary to
> > > which I
> > > have access nor in my favourite botany text.
> >
> > See www.dictionary.com - you'll find all spellings
> as legitimate
> > variants, with either the American Heritage
> Dictionary or
> > Merriam-Webster as the sources.
>
> Interestingly my two reference sources were British
> dictionaries, (one
> including Australasian usages) so it appears likely
> that pollinization
> is specifically an American rather then a British
> variant.
>
> I remember someone on the list (whose post I
> somehow seem to have
> mislaid) telling us that pomologists in the States
> use pollinate
> specifically for the act of pollination while
> pollinize is the function
> of providing the pollen. Well, I checked this with
> various local
> handbooks on fruit growing and found only pollinator
> use for either the
> tree providing the pollen or the agent (bee or
> whatever) which delivers
> it.
>
> So I guess this is yet another example of how the
> formal use of English
> is diverging between the Old and New worlds.
>
> Thanks for bringing this up Nan
>
> Moira
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan
> Wainuiomata NZ,
> where it's Summer in January and Winter in July.
>
>
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