melliferous

English

Etymology

From Latin mellifer (“bearing honey”), from mel (“honey”) + ferō (“I bear”).

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Adjective

melliferous (comparative more melliferous, superlative most melliferous)

  1. Bearing honey
  2. (botany) Bearing any substance that is collected by bees to produce honey

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