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culmiferous

culmiferous adjective: containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.

Adjective

culmiferous (comparative more culmiferous, superlative most culmiferous)

  1. Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
    • culmiferous sandstone
  2. Having jointed stems or culms.
    • culmiferous plant

Forms of culmiferous

comparativemore culmiferous
superlativemost culmiferous

Origin of culmiferous

From culm + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with culmiferous

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Questions about culmiferous

What does culmiferous mean?
Culmiferous means containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
What part of speech is culmiferous?
Culmiferous is an adjective.

Words near culmiferous in the dictionary

  1. culmens
  2. Culmer
  3. Culmerland
  4. Culmers
  5. culmicolous
  6. culmiferous
  7. culmina
  8. culminal
  9. culminant
  10. culminate
  11. culminated

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