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oleiferous

oleiferous adjective: that produces oil.

Adjective

oleiferous (not comparable)

  1. That produces oil

Origin of oleiferous

From Latin oleum (“oil”) + -iferous.

Words that rhyme with oleiferous

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Questions about oleiferous

What does oleiferous mean?
Oleiferous means that produces oil.
What part of speech is oleiferous?
Oleiferous is an adjective.

Words near oleiferous in the dictionary

  1. oleic acid
  2. oleiculture
  3. oleicum
  4. oleiferin
  5. oleiferins
  6. oleiferous
  7. olein
  8. oleine
  9. oleines
  10. oleins
  11. Olejnik

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