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gelatiniferous

gelatiniferous adjective: yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.

Adjective

gelatiniferous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
    • gelatiniferous tissue
    • gelatiniferous fibres

Origin of gelatiniferous

From gelatin + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with gelatiniferous

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Questions about gelatiniferous

What does gelatiniferous mean?
Gelatiniferous means yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
What part of speech is gelatiniferous?
Gelatiniferous is an adjective.

Words near gelatiniferous in the dictionary

  1. gelatinelike
  2. gelatineous
  3. gelatines
  4. gelating
  5. gelatini
  6. gelatiniferous
  7. gelatinification
  8. gelatinified
  9. gelatinifies
  10. gelatiniform
  11. gelatinify

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