calamiferous
calamiferous adjective: having or producing reeds.
Adjective
calamiferous (comparative more calamiferous, superlative most calamiferous)
- Having or producing reeds.
- In the next Section our Author Discourses concerning Culmiferous or Calamiferous Plants[…]1700, The History of the Works of the Learned, volume 2, number 8, page 509
- The thrifty farmer now puts on his rubber boots, and mows over his calamiferous grounds.1879 August 14, Litchfield Enquirer, Litchfield, Connecticut, page 3
Examples of calamiferous in a sentence
- It began to rain; we had lost our trail, but we plunged forward through the calamiferous swamps and dense bush, seeking a place to camp.1899, George Clarke Musgrave, Under Three Flags in Cuba, Boston, page 202:
- Calamiferous Lake), which is also called the Salt Marsh.1903, Sven Hedin, Central Asia and Tibet: Towards the Holy City of Lassa, volume 2, page 146:
Forms of calamiferous
| comparative | more calamiferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most calamiferous |
Origin of calamiferous
From Latin calamus (“reed”) + -iferous. Compare New Latin calamifer, used in Botanical Latin and taxonomic names.
Words that rhyme with calamiferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calcariferous
Questions about calamiferous
- What does calamiferous mean?
- Calamiferous means having or producing reeds.
- How do you use calamiferous in a sentence?
- It began to rain; we had lost our trail, but we plunged forward through the calamiferous swamps and dense bush, seeking a place to camp.
- What part of speech is calamiferous?
- Calamiferous is an adjective.
Words near calamiferous in the dictionary
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