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quiniferous

quiniferous adjective: bearing quinine.

Adjective

quiniferous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Bearing quinine.
    • a quiniferous solution

Origin of quiniferous

From quinine + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with quiniferous

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Questions about quiniferous

What does quiniferous mean?
Quiniferous means bearing quinine.
What part of speech is quiniferous?
Quiniferous is an adjective.

Words near quiniferous in the dictionary

  1. quinidines
  2. quinie
  3. quiniela
  4. quinielas
  5. quinies
  6. quiniferous
  7. Quinigua
  8. quinin
  9. quinina
  10. quinindoline
  11. quinindolines

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