polliniferous

English

Etymology

From pollen +‎ -i- +‎ -ferous, or directly from New Latin pollinifer, polliniferus.

Adjective

polliniferous (not comparable)

(botany) Producing pollen
Synonym: polleniferous

Hypernym: melliferous

Coordinate term: nectariferous

Translations

producing pollen

French: pollinifère (fr)

Further reading

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

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