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hydrophily Bot.|haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ|
[f. hydro- + Gr. ϕιλία friendship.]
Pollination by the agency of water.
1920A. Arber Water Plants xviii. 236 The family Hydrocharitaceae..includes within itself all stages in the transition from entomophily to hydrophily. 1967C. D. Sculthorpe Biol. Aquatic Vasc. Plants ix. 249 The probable affinities of these few specialised plants support the belief that hydrophily and marine life are both recently acquired habits. 1973Proctor & Yeo Pollination of Flowers viii. 277 The adaptations to pollination by water (hydrophily) are diverse, so that it is hardly possible to speak of a syndrome of hydrophily. |