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

Derived Forms

• anemophily
  noun

Etymology

Origin of anemophilous

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

Example Sentences

In the above two classes taken together there are thirty-eight anemophilous and thirty-six entomophilous genera; whereas in the great mass of hermaphrodite plants the proportion of anemophilous to entomophilous genera is extremely small.

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

Dissemination is effected by the agency of water, of air, of animals—and fruits and seeds are therefore grouped in respect of this as hydrophilous, anemophilous and zooidiophilous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

A vestige of this early state of things is likewise shown by some other groups of plants which are anemophilous, as these on the whole stand lower in the scale than entomophilous species.

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

The genus Plantago, like Thalictrum minus, Poterium, and others, well illustrate the change from an entomophilous to the anemophilous state.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

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