vitiferous
vitiferous adjective: full of or pertaining to vines, especially grape vines.
Adjective
vitiferous (comparative more vitiferous, superlative most vitiferous)
- Full of or pertaining to vines, especially grape vines.
- Now these spirits are somewhat evaporated, I can sit myself down with a degree of composure to give you a general idea of the vitiferous riches—if you will tolerate a word that savours of pedantry, for which these districts are so justly renowned.1793, Thomas Cogan, The Rhine: Or, a Journey from Utretch [sic] to Francfort, page 334
- The branches of vitiferous trees are to be so formed, that the one may not be directed in a line under the other : but in a rich situation, the elm is to be left without a branch eight feet from the ground; in a poor one, seven feet.1807, Thomas Owen, The Fourteen Books of Palladius Rutilius Taurus Æmilianus, on Agriculture, page 112
Forms of vitiferous
| comparative | more vitiferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vitiferous |
Questions about vitiferous
- What does vitiferous mean?
- Vitiferous means full of or pertaining to vines, especially grape vines.
- What part of speech is vitiferous?
- Vitiferous is an adjective.
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