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Definition of "wind-fertilized" [wind•-fer•ti•lized]

  • Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "wind-fertilized" in a sentence
  • "In the majority of the group, however, the flowers are wind-fertilized."
  • "Such tricks are not uncommon in bee-fertilized flowers, because they insure the pollen being shed only when a bee thrusts his head into the blossom; but what use can this device be to the wind-fertilized nettle?"
  • "Like many other wind-fertilized flowers, the stamens and pistils are collected on different plants -- a plan which absolutely insures cross-fertilization, without the aid of the insects."
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