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coloriferous

coloriferous adjective: producing or transmitting color.

Adjective

coloriferous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Producing or transmitting color.

Origin of coloriferous

From color + -i- + -ferous.

Questions about coloriferous

What does coloriferous mean?
Coloriferous means producing or transmitting color.
What part of speech is coloriferous?
Coloriferous is an adjective.

Words near coloriferous in the dictionary

  1. colorfulnesses
  2. colorgravure
  3. colorgravures
  4. colorguard
  5. colorguards
  6. coloriferous
  7. colorific
  8. colorification
  9. colorifications
  10. colorifics
  11. colorimeter

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