Meanings
adjectiveoleiferous (not comparable)
- not comparableThat produces oil
Origin
- Latinoleum“oil”
- Englisholeiferous
From Latin oleum (“oil”) + -iferous.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian маслодаен
- маслодаен (maslodaen)that produces oil
Catalan oleífer
- oleíferthat produces oil
French oléifère
- oléifèrethat produces oil
German ölhaltig
- ölhaltigthat produces oil
Irish olatháirgeach
- olatháirgeachthat produces oil
Italian oleifero
- oleiferothat produces oil
Portuguese oleífero
- oleíferothat produces oil
Spanish oleífero
- oleíferothat produces oil
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with oleiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
oleiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oleiferous
MLA
“oleiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oleiferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oleiferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oleiferous.
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