a. Bot. [f. Gr. ἄνεμος wind + φίλ-ος loving, fond of + -OUS.] Wind-loving; assisted by the wind in fertilization, wind-fertilized.
1874. Lubbock, Wild Flowers, i. 9. The pollen is wind-borne, whence they have been termed anemophilous.
1876. Darwin, Cross-fertil., x. 405. The amount of pollen produced by anemophilous plants, and the distance to which it is often transported by the wind, are both surprisingly great.
