Meanings
adjectiveplumbiferous (not comparable)
alternative plombiferous
- not comparableProducing or containing lead.
Origin
From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -iferous. By surface analysis, plumb- + -iferous.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan plumbífer
- plumbíferproducing or containing lead
French plombifère
- plombifèreproducing or containing lead
German bleihaltig
- bleihaltigproducing or containing lead
Greek μολυβδούχος
- μολυβδούχος (molyvdoúchos)producing or containing lead
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with plumbiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
plumbiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumbiferous
MLA
“plumbiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumbiferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plumbiferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumbiferous.
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