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papyriferous

papyriferous adjective: bearing or producing papyrus.

Adjective

papyriferous (comparative more papyriferous, superlative most papyriferous)

  1. (rare) Bearing or producing papyrus.
  2. (rare) Synonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus or paper.
    Synonyms:
    papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus or paper

Synonyms of papyriferous

Forms of papyriferous

comparativemore papyriferous
superlativemost papyriferous

Origin of papyriferous

From Latin papȳrifer + -ous (“forming adjectives”), from papyrus + -fer (“-bearing”).

Words that rhyme with papyriferous

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Questions about papyriferous

What does papyriferous mean?
Papyriferous means bearing or producing papyrus.
What part of speech is papyriferous?
Papyriferous is an adjective.

Words near papyriferous in the dictionary

  1. papyral
  2. papyrean
  3. papyri
  4. papyrian
  5. papyric
  6. papyriferous
  7. papyriflavonol
  8. papyriform
  9. papyrine
  10. papyritious
  11. papyro-

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