Etymology

glanduliferous

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Today it means: Bearing glandules. Full definition →

Latin glandula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromglandula“gland”
  2. English todayglanduliferous

From Latin glandula (“gland”) + -ferous. Compare French glandulifère.

Words from the same roots

Latinglandula all →

glandersglanduleglandulous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.