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Meaning of ENTOMOPHILOUS

Pronunciation:  `entu'mâfulus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (of flowering plants; especially orchids etc) pollinated by insects
 
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 Antonyms: anemophilous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\En`to*moph"i*lous\, a. [Gr. ? insect + ? a
lover.] (Bot.)
Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in
which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Pollinated by insects.
 

 

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