graniferous

English

Etymology

From Latin granifer, from granum (“grain”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French granifère.

Adjective

graniferous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
    • 1806, Carl Linnaeus, A General System of Nature:
      Flowers hermaphrodite ; valves ovate , entire , all of them graniferous

References

“graniferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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