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balaniferous

balaniferous adjective: bearing or producing acorns.

Adjective

balaniferous (comparative more balaniferous, superlative most balaniferous)

  1. (nonce-word) Bearing or producing acorns.
    • A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […]1846, Charles Darwin, Geological Observations on South America

Forms of balaniferous

comparativemore balaniferous
superlativemost balaniferous

Origin of balaniferous

From Latin balanus (“acorn”) + -ferous. By surface analysis, balan(us) + -i- + -fer + -ous.

Words that rhyme with balaniferous

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Questions about balaniferous

What does balaniferous mean?
Balaniferous means bearing or producing acorns.
What part of speech is balaniferous?
Balaniferous is an adjective.

Words near balaniferous in the dictionary

  1. Balangobong
  2. balani
  3. balanic
  4. balanid
  5. balanids
  6. balaniferous
  7. balanitic
  8. balanitides
  9. balanitin
  10. balanitis
  11. balanitis xerotica obliterans

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