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corticiferous

corticiferous adjective: producing bark or bark-like structures.

Adjective

corticiferous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Producing bark or bark-like structures.

Origin of corticiferous

From Latin cortex, corticis (“bark”) + -ferous. Compare French corticifère.

Words that rhyme with corticiferous

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Questions about corticiferous

What does corticiferous mean?
Corticiferous means producing bark or bark-like structures.
What part of speech is corticiferous?
Corticiferous is an adjective.

Words near corticiferous in the dictionary

  1. corticectomies
  2. corticectomy
  3. corticene
  4. cortices
  5. corticiaceous
  6. corticiferous
  7. corticiform
  8. corticifugal
  9. corticifugally
  10. corticine
  11. corticines

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