Anthophilous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anthophilous \An*thoph"i*lous\, a. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + fi`los
     loving.] (Zool.)
     Lit., fond of flowers; hence, feeding upon, or living among,
     flowers.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anthophilous
       adj : feeding on flowers; "some insects are anthophagous" [syn: {anthophagous}]