melliferous

Examples from the Web for melliferous

• 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'Brien

• Honey 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 Eyre

• None of the melliferous clan, in my neighbourhood at least, is stirring as early as she is.

  Bramble-bees and Others|J. Henri Fabre