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mellific

mellific adjective: producing honey.

Adjective

mellific (comparative more mellific, superlative most mellific)

  1. (archaic) Producing honey.
    • mellific glands
    Synonyms:
    melliferous

Synonyms of mellific

Forms of mellific

comparativemore mellific
superlativemost mellific

Origin of mellific

From Latin mel, mellis (“honey”) + -ficare (“to make”) (in comp.). See -fy.

Questions about mellific

What does mellific mean?
Mellific means producing honey.
What part of speech is mellific?
Mellific is an adjective.

Words near mellific in the dictionary

  1. Mellick
  2. Mellicks
  3. Mellida
  4. Mellie
  5. melliferous
  6. mellific
  7. mellification
  8. mellified
  9. mellifies
  10. mellifluence
  11. mellifluences

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