ombrophobyn.
/ɒmˈbrɒfəbi/, U.S. /ɑmˈbrɑfəbi/ Botany. rare.
The property or state of being ombrophobous.
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1896 Bot. Gaz. 22 512 Dr. A. Hansgirg will discuss..ombrophoby in flowers, resistance of pollen to water.
1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. i. 225 Reference may here be made to Wiesner's investigations regarding the ombrophily and ombrophoby [Ger. Ombrophobie] of tropical vegetation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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