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dorsiferous

dorsiferous adjective: bearing, or producing seeds on the back of the leaf.

Adjective

dorsiferous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Bearing, or producing seeds on the back of the leaf.
    • dorsiferous ferns
    Synonyms:
    dorsigerous

Synonyms of dorsiferous

Origin of dorsiferous

From dorsi- + -ferous; compare French dorsifère.

Words that rhyme with dorsiferous

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Questions about dorsiferous

What does dorsiferous mean?
Dorsiferous means bearing, or producing seeds on the back of the leaf.
What part of speech is dorsiferous?
Dorsiferous is an adjective.

Words near dorsiferous in the dictionary

  1. dorsi-
  2. Dorsian
  3. Dorsians
  4. dorsibranchiate
  5. dorsibranchiates
  6. dorsiferous
  7. dorsifixed
  8. dorsiflect
  9. dorsiflex
  10. dorsiflexed
  11. dorsiflexes

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