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glandiferous, a.|glænˈdɪfərəs|
[f. L. glandifer acorn-bearing (f. gland-, glans acorn + -fer bearing) + -ous.]
Bearing acorns or similar fruit.
1647A. Ross Myst. Poet. iv. (1675) 103 Virgil calls Acorns Chaonias glandes, and all glandiferous woods by the name of Dodona. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1679) 10 Into these Furrows..throw..all the Glandiferous Seeds, Mast, and Key⁓bearing kinds. 1707Mortimer Husb. 338 The Beech is of two sorts and numbred amongst the Glandiferous Trees. 1865Pall Mall G. 13 July 11/1 Many [trees] which are divided by Pliny into glandiferous and pitch-bearing cannot be included in either division.
Hence glanˈdiferousness.
1727in Bailey vol. II. |