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melliferous, a.|mɛˈlɪfərəs|
[f. L. mellifer (f. mell(i)-, mel honey + -fer bearing) + -ous. Cf. F. mellifère.]
Yielding or producing honey.
1656Blount Glossogr., Melliferous, that bringeth or beareth honey. 1701Grew Cosm. Sacra iv. ii. §22. 149 Judæa..could not but abound with Melliferous Plants of the best kind. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1818) I. 296 Insects attracted by the melliferous glands of the flower. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. 196 The most perfect melliferous animals are the Bees. 1895Kerner & Oliver Nat. Hist. Plants II. 128 [These] in the case of melliferous flowers preserve..the honey from being spoilt by the wet.
fig.1772Birmingham Counterfeit I. vi. 97 The stings of Cupid's melliferous darts. |