Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POL'LEN, n. [L. pollen, pollis, fine flour; Russ. pil, piel, dust, L. pulvis.]

1. The fecundating dust or fine substance like flour or meal, contained in the anther of flowers, which is dispersed on the stigma for impregnation; farin or farina. – Encyc. Milne. Martyn.
2. Fine bran. – Bailey.