Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| allotropous | having nectar accessible to all kinds of insects. |
| anemochore | a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind. |
| anemochorous | of or like an anemochore, a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind. |
| anemophilous | pollinated by wind. |
| anemophily | pollination by the wind. |
| autoallogamy | the ability of some plants of a species to cross-pollinate and others to self-pollinate. |
| caprification | a method of promoting the pollination of figs by hanging branches of caprifig flowers so that parasitic gall-wasps living on the female flowers can carry pollen to the wild fig. |
| caprify | to pollinate by caprification. |
| cleistogamy | the production of small flowers which do not open and in which self-pollination occurs. |
| clistogamy | the production of small flowers which do not open and in which self-pollination occurs. |
| ectogenic | relating to ectogeny, the effect of pollen on the tissues of a plant. |
| ectogenically | (Adv.) ECTOGENIC, relating to ectogeny. |
| ectogeny | the effect of pollen on the tissues of a plant. |
| elaiosome | an oil-rich body on seeds that attracts ants and thus effects seed dispersal. |
| endozoic | having seeds dispersed by animals that swallow them. |
| entomophilous | of flowers, pollinated by insects. |
| entomophily | seed plants which are pollinated by insects are said to be entomophilous. |
| entozoal | having seeds dispersed by animals that swallow them. |
| entozoic | having seeds dispersed by animals that swallow them. |
| geitonogamous | relating to geitonogamy, pollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant. |
| geitonogamy | pollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant. |
| hercogamous | related to hercogamy, the prevention of self-pollination in plants. |
| hercogamy | the prevention of self-pollination in plants. |
| herkogamy | the prevention of self-pollination in plants. |
| hydrophilous | water-loving; pollinated by agency of water. |
| malacophilous | of plants, pollinated by snails. |
| malacophily | pollination by snails. |
| myiophilous | pollinated by flies. |
| myiophily | pollination of plants by flies. |
| myophilous | pollinated by flies. |
| myophily | pollination of plants by flies. |
| myrmecochory | the dispersal of fruits and seeds by ants. |
| ornithophilous | of flowers, pollinated by birds. |
| ornithophily | pollination by birds. |
| pollen | the microspore of seed plants; (verb) to cover or fertilise with pollen. |
| pollenate | to fertilise with pollen. |
| polleniferous | bearing pollen. |
| polleniser | an agent that pollenises. |
| pollenizer | an agent that pollenizes. |
| pollinate | to fertilise with pollen. |
| pollination | the process of transferring the pollen from its place of production to the place where the egg cell is produced. |
| pollinator | an agent that pollinates. |
| pollinic | related to pollen. |
| polliniferous | producing pollen; adapted for carrying pollen. |
| pollinise | to pollinate. |
| pollinium | a coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids. |
| pollinize | to pollinate. |
| pollinizer | an agent that pollenizes. |
| porogamic | relating to porogamy, the fertilization of seed plants by the entry of a pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| porogamy | the fertilization of seed plants by the entry of a pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| postpollination | taking place after pollination. |
| psychophily | pollination by butterflies. |
| sternotribe | pollinated by touching an insect's undersurface. |
| xenia | the effect on a hybrid strain produced by transferring pollen from one strain to the seed of another strain. |
| zoochore | a plant dispersed by animals. |
| zoochory | the condition of being a zoochore, a plant dispersed by animals. |
| zoophile | a lover of animals; a plant pollinated by animals. |