spiciferous
spiciferous adjective: bearing ears or spikes; spicate.
Adjective
spiciferous (not comparable)
- Bearing ears or spikes; spicate.
- Stem rigid, emitting near the floral leaves a spiciferous branch with coriaceous leaves. Internodes equal in length, 4-5 cm.1904, John Bell Hatcher, Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia
- Synonyms:
- spicigerous
Synonyms of spiciferous
Origin of spiciferous
From Latin spicifer (“bearing spikes or ears”), from spica (“ear”) + ferre (“to bear”).
Words that rhyme with spiciferous
- melliferous
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- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about spiciferous
- What does spiciferous mean?
- Spiciferous means bearing ears or spikes; spicate.
- What part of speech is spiciferous?
- Spiciferous is an adjective.
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