pollen count

1. 1.

   the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place

   Broadercount

Questions about pollen count

What does pollen count mean?

pollen count means "the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place".

Is pollen count a common word?

pollen count is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.