wind-borne
carried by the wind, as pollen or seed.
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How to use wind-borne in a sentence
More snow, either wind-borne or falling, had gathered upon it to a depth of twenty feet or more.
Rescue Dog of the High Pass | James Arthur KjelgaardMost of the fine prairie soils in our Western States owe not a little of their richness to wind-borne dust.
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust | Hallam HawksworthEvery one of these can be paralleled amongst the many neat contrivances of wind-borne fruits and seeds.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott ElliotWhat can an immured anchorite know of the vast mysteries of the wind-borne spirits?
The Forest of Vazon | AnonymousAnd just catches his shouted reply, wind-borne: For us it is always to-morrow!
Twos and Threes | G. B. Stern
British Dictionary definitions for wind-borne
(esp of plant seeds or pollen) transported by wind
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