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glandiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glan-dif-er-ous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing acorns or other similar nuts.

Etymology

From Latin glandifer, from glans, glandis (“acorn”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French glandifère.

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does glandiferous mean?
Bearing acorns or other similar nuts.
Where does glandiferous come from?
From Latin glandifer, from glans, glandis (“acorn”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French glandifère.

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