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arboriferous

arboriferous adjective: producing or having many trees.

Adjective

arboriferous (comparative more arboriferous, superlative most arboriferous)

  1. Producing or having many trees.

Forms of arboriferous

comparativemore arboriferous
superlativemost arboriferous

Origin of arboriferous

From Latin arbor (“tree”) + -iferous, or directly from New Latin arborifer (“tree-bearing”).

Questions about arboriferous

What does arboriferous mean?
Arboriferous means producing or having many trees.
What part of speech is arboriferous?
Arboriferous is an adjective.

Words near arboriferous in the dictionary

  1. arboriculturally
  2. arboriculture
  3. arboricultures
  4. arboriculturist
  5. arboriculturists
  6. arboriferous
  7. arboriform
  8. arborinine
  9. arborio
  10. arborio rice
  11. arborios

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