graniferous
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin granifer, from granum (“grain”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French granifère.
Adjective
[edit]graniferous (not comparable)
- Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
- 1806, Carl Linnaeus, A General System of Nature:
- Flowers hermaphrodite ; valves ovate , entire , all of them graniferous
References
[edit]“graniferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.