Definition of entomophilous in English:
entomophilous
adjectiveˌɛntəˈmɒfɪləsˌɛn(t)əˈmɑfələs
Botany (of a plant or flower) pollinated by insects.
Example sentencesExamples
- Orchids are generally entomophilous and rarely ornithophilous.
- A similar pattern can be observed in Sorbus aucuparia, another entomophilous tree species, where a recent colonization of a plateau in Belgium yielded only a small loss of genetic diversity.
- Thus, the aim of this paper is to describe, for the first time, the secretion and chemical composition of nectar in a presumed entomophilous species of Maxillaria and to compare this with data previously obtained for M. coccinea.
- Two forms of pollen viability are apparent in entomophilous species.
- It has been described as a predominantly entomophilous species.
Derivatives
noun
Botany Conversely to that stated by some authors, entomophily, mainly effected by species of Diptera but also by species of Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, is probably the only pollination system in these species.
Definition of entomophilous in US English:
entomophilous
adjectiveˌen(t)əˈmäfələsˌɛn(t)əˈmɑfələs
Botany (of a plant or flower) pollinated by insects.
Example sentencesExamples
- Orchids are generally entomophilous and rarely ornithophilous.
- It has been described as a predominantly entomophilous species.
- Thus, the aim of this paper is to describe, for the first time, the secretion and chemical composition of nectar in a presumed entomophilous species of Maxillaria and to compare this with data previously obtained for M. coccinea.
- Two forms of pollen viability are apparent in entomophilous species.
- A similar pattern can be observed in Sorbus aucuparia, another entomophilous tree species, where a recent colonization of a plateau in Belgium yielded only a small loss of genetic diversity.