margaritiferous

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “margaritiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

from Latin margarītifer, from margarīta (“pearl”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French margaritifère.

Adjective

margaritiferous (comparative more margaritiferous, superlative most margaritiferous)

1. Producing pearls.

Translations

producing pearls

• French: margaritifère (fr)
• Latin: margarītifer