anemophily

English

Etymology

From anemo- (“wind”) +‎ -phily (“liking for”).

Noun

anemophily (uncountable)

1. (botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.

   Synonym: anemogamy

   • 1899, John Merle Coulter, M. S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette, volume 28, page 281:

     Petaly is apparently correlated with entomophily, and apetaly with anemophily.

Translations

pollination by the wind

• Finnish: tuulipölytys (fi), anemofilia
• German: Anemophilie f, Anemogamie f, Windbestäubung f
• Polish: anemogamia (pl) f, wiatropylność (pl) f
• Portuguese: anemofilia f
• Romanian: anemofilie (ro) f, anemogamie f

See also

• anemophilous