glandiferous

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adjective

Bearing acorns or other similar nuts.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveglandiferous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBearing acorns or other similar nuts.

Origin

  1. Latinglandifer
  2. Englishglandiferous

From Latin glandifer, from glans, glandis (“acorn”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French glandifère.

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