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

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Etymology

Origin of anemophilous

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

anemophilous

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 Alfred Russel Wallace

It has acquired some anemophilous characters—e.g., increased stigmatic surface and exserted anthers. 

From Springtime and Other Essays by Sir Francis Darwin

Therefore the earliest terrestrial plants known to us, namely, the Coniferae and Cycadiae, no doubt were anemophilous, like the existing species of these same groups.

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

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 Charles Darwin

All the species hitherto mentioned which produce cleistogamic flowers are entomophilous; but four genera, Juncus, Hordeum, Cryptostachys, and Leersia are anemophilous.

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

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