Definitions for melliferous

melliferous mel·lif·er·ous

Spelling: [muh-lif-er-uh s]
IPA: /məˈlɪf ər əs/

Melliferous is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 706 anagrams from letters in melliferous (eefillmorsu).

Definitions for melliferous

adjective

  1. yielding or producing honey.

Origin of melliferous

1650-60; Latin mellifer honey-bearing (melli-, stem of mel honey + -fer -fer) + -ous

Examples for melliferous

Honey is procured by steeping the cones of the Banksia or other melliferous flowers in water.

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

Grelet was a skilled apiarist, and replenished his melliferous flocks by wild swarms enticed from the forests.

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