Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graniferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gran-i-f-er-ous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does graniferous mean?: Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
Where does graniferous come from?: From Latin granifer, from granum (“grain”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French granifère.

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