floriferous
/fləˈɹɪ.fə.ɹəs/
floriferous adjective: that bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
Adjective
floriferous (comparative more floriferous, superlative most floriferous)
- That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
- So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so laden with young fruit, that as the tree approaches maturity it is worth considering thinning the fruit (I can't quite bring myself to thin the flowers) so as to neither overburden the tree for this year nor tire it for the next.2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015, page 3
Forms of floriferous
| comparative | more floriferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most floriferous |
Origin of floriferous
From Latin flos, floris + -i- + -ferous.
Words formed from floriferous
Words that rhyme with floriferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about floriferous
- What does floriferous mean?
- Floriferous means that bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
- What part of speech is floriferous?
- Floriferous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce floriferous?
- Floriferous is pronounced /fləˈɹɪ.fə.ɹəs/.
Words near floriferous in the dictionary
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