: to give (a plant) pollen from another plant of the same kind so that seeds will be produced.
(February 2013) The United States Minor Outlying Islands are eight island territories of the United States. They are Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean; and Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea.
And now for the answer....... (drum roll, please!)..... According to the U.S. Geological Survey there are 18,617 named islands that are part of the United States and its territories! For more details on just where all of these islands are, feel free to join the discussion in our Island Travel Forum. Note: no promotional consideration was provided or paid for this article.