graniferous

English

Etymology

From Latin granifer, from granum (“grain”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French granifère.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

graniferous (not comparable)

1. Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
   • 1806, Carl Linnaeus, A General System of Nature:

     Flowers hermaphrodite ; valves ovate , entire , all of them graniferous

References

“graniferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.