Meanings
adjectiveumbriferous (comparative more umbriferous, superlative most umbriferous)
comparative more umbriferous · superlative most umbriferous
- providing or making shade; umbrageous.
Origin
- Latinumbrifer
- Englishumbriferous
From Latin umbrifer, from umbra (“a shade”) + ferre (“to bear”).
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Rhymes with umbriferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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umbriferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbriferous
MLA
“umbriferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbriferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umbriferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbriferous.
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