单词 | anemophilous |
释义 | anemophilousadj. Botany. Of a flower or plant: producing pollen that is dispersed by wind; pollinated by such pollen (cf. wind-pollinated adj. at wind n.1 Compounds 1d(a)). Also (of pollination or dispersal of pollen): occurring by means of wind.Contrasted with entomophilous, hydrophilous, zoophilous, etc. See also anemochorous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > involving specific agency anemophilous1871 ornithophilous1871 zoidiophilous1872 bee-fertilized1881 hydrophilous1883 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 276 Anemophilous flowers have neither colors nor odors. 1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom x. 405 The amount of pollen produced by anemophilous plants, and the distance to which it is often transported by the wind, are both surprisingly great. 1905 Gardeners' Chron. 17 June 386/1 Anemophilous species are fertilised by the agency of the winds in conveying the pollen from plant to plant. 2011 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 98 702/2 In most other environments,..any bias in directionality for anemochorous or anemophilous dispersal of pollen and seeds (or leaves) by the wind is expected to be more modest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1871 |
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