wind-borne

[ wind-bawrn, -bohrn ]

adjective

1. carried by the wind, as pollen or seed.

wind-borne

adjective

1. (esp of plant seeds or pollen) transported by wind

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind-borne¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

More snow, either wind-borne or falling, had gathered upon it to a depth of twenty feet or more.

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Most of the fine prairie soils in our Western States owe not a little of their richness to wind-borne dust.

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Every one of these can be paralleled amongst the many neat contrivances of wind-borne fruits and seeds.

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What can an immured anchorite know of the vast mysteries of the wind-borne spirits?

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And just catches his shouted reply, wind-borne: For us it is always to-morrow!

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