graniferous
English
Etymology
From Latin granifer, from granum (“grain”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French granifère.
Adjective
graniferous (not comparable)
- Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
- 1806, Carl Linnaeus, A General System of Nature
- Flowers hermaphrodite ; valves ovate , entire , all of them graniferous
- 1806, Carl Linnaeus, A General System of Nature
References
graniferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913