hydrophilyn.
/hʌɪˈdrɒfɪli/ Botany.
Pollination by the agency of water.
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anemophily1879
acarophily1898
ornithophily1903
zoophily1904
hydrophily1920
zoochory1921
1920 A. Arber Water Plants xviii. 236 The family Hydrocharitaceae..includes within itself all stages in the transition from entomophily to hydrophily.
1967 C. 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.
1973 M. C. F. Proctor & P. 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.
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