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foliferous

foliferous adjective: producing leaves.

Adjective

foliferous (comparative more foliferous, superlative most foliferous)

  1. Producing leaves.
    • foliferous shrub
    • foliferous tree

Forms of foliferous

comparativemore foliferous
superlativemost foliferous
alternative formfoliiferous

Origin of foliferous

From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -ferous. Compare French foliifère.

Questions about foliferous

What does foliferous mean?
Foliferous means producing leaves.
What part of speech is foliferous?
Foliferous is an adjective.

Words near foliferous in the dictionary

  1. folie à familie
  2. folie à trois
  3. folier
  4. folies de grandeur
  5. folies à deux
  6. foliferous
  7. foliform
  8. foliicolous
  9. foliiferous
  10. foliiform
  11. folimycin

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