Meanings
adjectivecorticiferous (not comparable)
- not comparablerarebiologyProducing bark or bark-like structures.
Origin
- Latincortex
- Englishcorticiferous
From Latin cortex, corticis (“bark”) + -ferous. Compare French corticifère.
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Rhymes with corticiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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APA
corticiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticiferous
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“corticiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticiferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corticiferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticiferous.
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