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hiliferous

hiliferous adjective: bearing a hilum.

Adjective

hiliferous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Bearing a hilum.
    • C: side view. D: hiliferous part from below.1950, Journal of Biology (volume 17)

Questions about hiliferous

What does hiliferous mean?
Hiliferous means bearing a hilum.
What part of speech is hiliferous?
Hiliferous is an adjective.

Words near hiliferous in the dictionary

  1. Hilgendorfs
  2. Hilger
  3. Hilgers
  4. Hilgert
  5. hili
  6. hiliferous
  7. Hiligaynon
  8. Hiligaynons
  9. hilight
  10. hilighted
  11. hilighting

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