anemophily

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anemophily

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

noun

  1. uncountable A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind. Petaly is apparently correlated with entomophily, and apetaly with anemophily.

    Similar: anemogamy

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noun pollination by the wind

Portuguêsanemofilia
DeutschAnemophilie, Anemogamie, Windbestäubung
Românăanemofilie, anemogamie

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@misc{anemophily_2026,
  title = {anemophily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anemophily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}