wind-pollinated

[wind-pol-uh-ney-tid]

adjective

Botany.

1. being pollinated by airborne pollen.

wind-pollinated

adjective

1. (of certain plants) pollinated by wind-borne pollen

Other Word Forms

• wind-pollination noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind-pollinated¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The researchers say, that in the absence of pollinators, the human diet will shift towards a preponderance of wheat, rice, oat, and corn, as these are wind-pollinated crops.

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Corn is wind-pollinated, but benefits from close plants so the pollen is concentrated.

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But that was about to change, with the spread and extraordinary diversification of what would eventually become some of the most ecologically and economically significant woody plants in the world: the acorn-bearing, wind-pollinated trees we call oaks.

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Another difficulty is that there was no easy way to tell whether the seedlings under trial were all hybrids of the two desired species because the way hemlocks are wind-pollinated.

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You can tell which flowers are wind-pollinated because they don’t waste any effort trying to look good.

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