Etymology

guttiferous

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Today it means: Yielding gum or resinous substance, especially said of trees and shrubs in family Guttiferae (now Clusiaceae) that abound in resinous sap. Full definition →

New Latin guttifera ← Latin gutta
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgutta“drop”
  2. New Latin · derived fromguttifera“gum-bearing plant”
  3. English todayguttiferous

From guttifer + -ous, from New Latin guttifera (“gum-bearing plant”), from Latin gutta (“drop”).

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