balaniferous

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin balanus (“acorn”) + -ferous.

Adjective[edit]

balaniferous (comparative more balaniferous, superlative most balaniferous)

  1. (nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
    • 1846, Charles Darwin, Geological Observations on South America:
      A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=balaniferous&oldid=75912103"