gemmiferous
gemmiferous adjective: producing gemmae or buds.
Adjective
gemmiferous (comparative more gemmiferous, superlative most gemmiferous)
- Producing gemmae or buds.
- Multiplying by means of buds.
- gemmiferous gametophyte
Forms of gemmiferous
| comparative | more gemmiferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gemmiferous |
Origin of gemmiferous
From Latin gemma (“bud”) + -ferous. Compare French gemmifère.
Words that rhyme with gemmiferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
- magnetiferous
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- 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
- calcariferous
Questions about gemmiferous
- What does gemmiferous mean?
- Gemmiferous means producing gemmae or buds.
- What part of speech is gemmiferous?
- Gemmiferous is an adjective.
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