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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Pollinated by birds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Literally, bird-loving; specifically, in botany, bird-fertilized: applied to flowers in which the pollen is conveyed to the stigma and fertilization accomplished by the agency of birds.
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August 14, 2011