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calliferous

/kəˈlɪfəɹəs/

calliferous adjective: bearing or producing calluses.

Adjective

calliferous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing or producing calluses.
    • Rumex (Lapathum) Daiwoo (Sieb.) Makino nom. nov.
      Inner perianth 3, erect-patent, longer than the outer ones, glabrous, herbaceous; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, membranaceous and more or less minutely erose on the margin, with anastomosing veins, 2½-3 mm. long, after anthesis gradually enlarged and...1901, Tomitaro Makino, Observations on the flora of Japan. Fasciculus 1. Reprinted from the Botanical Magazine, Tokyo Vol. XV. 1901, Tokyo, page 52

Origin of calliferous

Borrowed from New Latin callifer, equivalent to callus + -i- + -ferous.

Words formed from calliferous

  • unicalliferous

Questions about calliferous

What does calliferous mean?
Calliferous means bearing or producing calluses.
What part of speech is calliferous?
Calliferous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce calliferous?
Calliferous is pronounced /kəˈlɪfəɹəs/.

Words near calliferous in the dictionary

  1. callidulids
  2. Callie
  3. Callie Cat
  4. Callier
  5. Calliers
  6. calliferous
  7. Calligas
  8. Callignee
  9. Callignee North
  10. Callignee South
  11. calligraffiti

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