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anemophilous

ADJECTIVE
  1. of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind

How To Use anemophilous In A Sentence

  • Members of the Glumiflorae are anemophilous, or ‘wind-loving.’
  • 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. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
  • Generally, starchy pollen has been considered a feature of wind-pollinated (anemophilous) flowering plants, whereas insect-pollinated species show a greater or lesser replacement of starch by sugar or lipids.
  • 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. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
  • The genus Plantago, like _Thalictrum minus_, Poterium, and others, well illustrate the change from an entomophilous to the anemophilous state. Darwinism (1889)
  • _Poterium sanguisorba_ is anemophilous; and _Sanguisorba officinalis_ presumably was so formerly, but has reacquired an entomophilous habit; the whole tribe Poterieae being, in fact, a degraded group which has descended from Potentilleae. Darwinism (1889)
  • In addition, a very detailed pollen record has been obtained for this anemophilous species, because it has colonized western and northern Europe relatively late during the Holocene.
  • Spring marks the beginning of an unbearable season for many with allergies, as pollen from anemophilous trees such as oak, elm, maple, alder, birch and juniper fill the air. Muti
  • I have lately had occasion to look over again your discussion on anemophilous plants, and I have again felt much admiration at your work. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
  • A basic uniformity in floral as well as vegetative characters probably relates to an anemophilous habit.
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