Definitions
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- noun Dispersal of seeds, fruits, or other plant parts by water.
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- noun botany The
dispersal ofseeds ,spores , orfruit bywater .
Etymologies
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From hydro- + -chory.
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Many aquatic and some terrestrial plant species utilize hydrochory, or seed dispersal through water.
Seed dispersal Wikipedia 2009
hernesheir commented on the word hydrochory
(n): (Bot.) dispersal of plant diaspores or disseminules by water.
cf. nautohydrochory
January 1, 2009