melliferous
[ muh-lif-er-uhs ]
adjective
yielding or producing honey.
Origin of melliferous
1Words Nearby melliferous
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How to use melliferous in a sentence
Grelet was a skilled apiarist, and replenished his melliferous flocks by wild swarms enticed from the forests.
White Shadows in the South Seas | Frederick O'BrienHoney is procured by steeping the cones of the Banksia or other melliferous flowers in water.
Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia And Overland | Edward John EyreNone of the melliferous clan, in my neighbourhood at least, is stirring as early as she is.
Bramble-bees and Others | J. Henri Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for melliferous
melliferous
mellific (mɪˈlɪfɪk)
/ (mɪˈlɪfərəs) /
adjective
forming or producing honey
Origin of melliferous
1C17: from Latin mellifer, from mel honey + ferre to bear
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