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gummiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gum-mif-er-ous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That produces gum (or latex etc)

Etymology

From gum + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more gummiferous (comparative) most gummiferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does gummiferous mean?
That produces gum (or latex etc)
Where does gummiferous come from?
From gum + -i- + -ferous.

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