Etymology

cocciferous

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Today it means: Bearing or producing berries. Full definition →

Latin coccum
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  1. Latin · derived fromcoccum“a berry”
  2. English todaycocciferous

From Latin coccum (“a berry”) + -ferous. See coccus.

Words from the same roots

Latincoccum all →

torgoch

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