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Origin
From Latin purpura (“purple”) + -i- + -ferous.
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Rhymes with purpuriferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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APA
purpuriferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purpuriferous
MLA
“purpuriferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purpuriferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purpuriferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purpuriferous.
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