wind-pollinated
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- wind-pollination noun
Etymology
Origin of wind-pollinated
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
Corn is wind-pollinated, but benefits from close plants so the pollen is concentrated.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021
You can tell which flowers are wind-pollinated because they don’t waste any effort trying to look good.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2020
Unlike other catkin-bearing trees, willows are not wind-pollinated.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018
Worse yet, sumpweed is a wind-pollinated relative of ragweed, the notorious hayfever-causing plant.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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