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palmiferous

palmiferous adjective: bearing palm trees.

Adjective

palmiferous (comparative more palmiferous, superlative most palmiferous)

  1. (archaic) Bearing palm trees.

Forms of palmiferous

comparativemore palmiferous
superlativemost palmiferous

Origin of palmiferous

From Latin palmifer, from palma (“a palm”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French palmifère.

Words that rhyme with palmiferous

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Questions about palmiferous

What does palmiferous mean?
Palmiferous means bearing palm trees.
What part of speech is palmiferous?
Palmiferous is an adjective.

Words near palmiferous in the dictionary

  1. palmierite
  2. palmiers
  3. palmiest
  4. palmiet
  5. palmiets
  6. palmiferous
  7. palmification
  8. palmiform
  9. palmigrade
  10. palmigrady
  11. palmilla

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