Etymology

calamiferous

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Today it means: Having or producing reeds. Full definition →

Latin calamus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcalamus“reed”
  2. English todaycalamiferous

From Latin calamus (“reed”) + -iferous. Compare New Latin calamifer, used in Botanical Latin and taxonomic names.

Words from the same roots

Latincalamus all →

calamuscalamiticchalumeaushawm

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.