graniferous

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adjective

Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.

OriginLatin granifer →
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Meanings

adjectivegraniferous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBearing grain, or seeds like grain.

    Flowers hermaphrodite ; valves ovate , entire , all of them graniferous

    1806, Carl Linnaeus, A General System of Nature

Origin

  1. Latingranifer
  2. Englishgraniferous

From Latin granifer, from granum (“grain”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French granifère.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with graniferous

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APA

graniferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graniferous

MLA

“graniferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graniferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graniferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graniferous.

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