disciferousadj.

Brit.

/dɪˈsɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/dᵻˈsɪfərəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin discifer , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin discifer, adjective (1704 or earlier; compare discifer (noun) steward (from 7th cent. in British sources); < disci- , combining form of classical Latin discus disc n. + classical Latin -fer : see -ferous comb. form) + -ous suffix.

Botany. Now rare.

Bearing a disc or discs (cf. disc n. 7).

ΚΠ

1821 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XV. 8/2 By means of these vessels, which he thinks traverse the whole structure of a moss,..are we enabled to explain the transformation of a disciferous into a capsuliferous plant.

1888 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1887–8 23 227 We have a genus well marked..by its peculiar disciferous tendrils for climbing.

1922 C. S. Sargent Man. Trees N. Amer. (new ed.) 603 Calyx disciferous, short-turbinate, purplish, persistent, the tube oblique at base.

1954 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 41 251 Receptacle-cup disciferous, about 9 mm. long.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	disciferous
释义	disciferousadj. Brit. /dɪˈsɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /dᵻˈsɪfərəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin discifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin discifer, adjective (1704 or earlier; compare discifer (noun) steward (from 7th cent. in British sources); < disci- , combining form of classical Latin discus disc n. + classical Latin -fer : see -ferous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Botany. Now rare. Bearing a disc or discs (cf. disc n. 7). ΚΠ 1821 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XV. 8/2 By means of these vessels, which he thinks traverse the whole structure of a moss,..are we enabled to explain the transformation of a disciferous into a capsuliferous plant. 1888 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1887–8 23 227 We have a genus well marked..by its peculiar disciferous tendrils for climbing. 1922 C. S. Sargent Man. Trees N. Amer. (new ed.) 603 Calyx disciferous, short-turbinate, purplish, persistent, the tube oblique at base. 1954 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 41 251 Receptacle-cup disciferous, about 9 mm. long. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1821
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