Definition

1. Adjective (Tính từ):
   • Anemophilous: Describes plants whose pollen is primarily dispersed by the wind for fertilization. This is a specialized botanical term.
   • Wind-pollinated: A more common descriptive term for the same concept.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cây thông là một loài cây phong môi. (The pine tree is an anemophilous species.)
  • Phấn hoa của các loài thực vật phong môi thường nhẹ và nhiều. (The pollen of anemophilous plants is usually light and abundant.)
  • So với cây thụ phấn nhờ côn trùng, cây phong môi có hoa thường kém sặc sỡ hơn. (Compared to insect-pollinated plants, anemophilous plants often have less showy flowers.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is almost exclusively used in scientific, academic, or technical contexts related to botany and plant biology. It is not common in everyday conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Thụ phấn nhờ gió: This is the descriptive phrase meaning "wind-pollinated." It is more commonly understood than the single term "phong môi."
  • Ngô là cây thụ phấn nhờ gió. (Corn is a wind-pollinated plant.)
• Phấn hoa (pollen): The agent carried by the wind in anemophily.
• Thụ phấn (pollination): The general process.

Synonyms

• Anemophilous (technical synonym).
• Wind-pollinated (descriptive synonym).

Related Phrases / Compound Terms

• Thực vật phong môi: Anemophilous plants / Wind-pollinated plants.
• Hiện tượng phong môi: Anemophily (the phenomenon of wind pollination).

1. (thực vật) Anemophilous