anemophilous

American  

[an-uh-mof-uh-luhs] / ˌæn əˈmɒf ə ləs /

adjective

Botany, Mycology.

1. fertilized by wind-borne pollen or spores.

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anemophilous British  

/ ˌænɪˈmɒfɪləs /

adjective

1. (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind Compare entomophilous

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anemophilous Scientific  

/ ăn′ə-mŏf′ə-ləs /

1. Pollinated by the wind.

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Other Word Forms

• anemophily noun

Etymology

Origin of anemophilous

First recorded in 1870–75; anemo- + -philous

Example Sentences

In the class Monoecia of Linnaeus, Delpino shows that the species of twenty-eight genera are anemophilous, and of seventeen genera entomophilous.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles

Considering these facts, it is not so surprising as it at first appears that all, or nearly all, the stigmas of anemophilous plants should receive pollen brought to them by mere chance by the wind.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles

Passing to Incompletae, the orders known collectively as 'Cyclospermeae' are related to Caryophylleae; and to my mind are degradations from it, of which Orache is anemophilous.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Delpino states that this plant presents in Italy three forms, which graduate from an anemophilous into an entomophilous condition.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

It is also anemophilous, or is fertilised by the wind; and of such plants only the common beet had been tried.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles