MELLIFEROUS
\mɛlˈɪfəɹəs], \mɛlˈɪfəɹəs], \m_ɛ_l_ˈɪ_f_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of MELLIFEROUS
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
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mel-if'[.e]r-us, adj. honey-producing.--adj. MELLIF'IC, honey-making.--ns. MELLIFIC[=A]'TION, the production of honey; MELLIF'LUENCE, a flow of sweetness: a smooth sweet flow.--adjs. MELLIF'LUENT, MELLIF'LUOUS, flowing with honey or sweetness: smooth.--advs. MELLIF'LUENTLY, MELLIF'LUOUSLY.--adj. MELLIG'ENOUS, producing honey.--n. MELL'ITE, honey stone.--adjs. MELLIT'IC; MELLIV'OROUS, eating honey. [L. mellifer--mel, honey, ferre, to bear.]
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