風ふう媒ばい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

anemophily; wind pollination

Botanical term referring to pollination by wind. Often used attributively with の, as in 風媒花 (wind-pollinated flower).

• 風ふう媒ばい花かは、風かぜによって花か粉ふんが運はこばれる花はなのことです。

  Wind-pollinated flowers are flowers whose pollen is carried by the wind.

• イネ科かの植しょく物ぶつの多おおくは風ふう媒ばいによって受じゅ粉ふんします。

  Many grasses are pollinated by wind.