anemochore

noun

anem·​o·​chore

əˈneməˌkō(ə)r

plural -s

: a plant that has seeds or spores adapted (as by pappi) to distribution by wind

anemochory

-ōrē

noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

anem- + -chore

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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