mellifer
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mel (“honey”) + ferō (“bear, carry”)
Adjective[edit]
mellifer m (feminine mellifera, neuter melliferum); first/second declension
- honey-bearing, honey-producing, melliferous
Inflection[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (honey-bearing): melliger
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
Descendants[edit]
- English: melliferous
References[edit]
- mellifer in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879