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graniferous

graniferous adjective: bearing grain, or seeds like grain.

Adjective

graniferous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
    • Flowers hermaphrodite ; valves ovate , entire , all of them graniferous1806, Carl Linnaeus, A General System of Nature

Origin of graniferous

From Latin granifer, from granum (“grain”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French granifère.

Words that rhyme with graniferous

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Questions about graniferous

What does graniferous mean?
Graniferous means bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
What part of speech is graniferous?
Graniferous is an adjective.

Words near graniferous in the dictionary

  1. Granholms
  2. graniculture
  3. Granicus
  4. Granier
  5. Graniers
  6. graniferous
  7. graniform
  8. granilla
  9. Granillo
  10. Granillos
  11. granin

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