pollen, ĭnis, n., and pollis, ĭnis, m. and f [πάλη].
I Lit., fine flour , milldust , Cato R. R. 156; 157; Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 82; 18, 9, 20, § 87; Ter. Ad. 846.—
II Transf., fine dust of other things: piperis, Cels. 4, 4: turis, Col. 6, 30, 6; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 39: aliquid in pollinem tundere, id. 19, 5, 29, § 91.