melliferousadj.

Brit.

/mᵻˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/məˈlɪf(ə)rəs/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin mellifer ( < mell- , mel honey (see mell n.²) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French mellifère (1523 in an isolated attestation; otherwise 19th cent.).

Yielding or producing honey. Also figurative.

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > honey > [adjective] > containing honey

honeyed?c1400

mellifluec1429

mellifluous?a1475

mellifluate1508

honey-dewed1596

honeyful1610

melliferous1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Melliferous, that bringeth or beareth honey.

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iv. ii. §22 Judæa..could not but abound with Melliferous Plants of the best kind.

1772 Birmingham Counterfeit I. vi. 97 The stings of Cupid's melliferous darts.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. 296 Insects attracted by the melliferous glands of the flower.

1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 121 (note) The tube of the corolla [of Anchusa] is melliferous, and very attractive to bees.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. 196 The most perfect melliferous animals are the Bees.

1895 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun Nat. Hist. Plants II. 128 [These] in the case of melliferous flowers preserve..the honey from being spoilt by the wet.

1950 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 77 495 The morphology of the pollen grains of the more abundant melliferous species of Galicia were studied.

1984 Listener 3 May 34/4 Plight of the Bumble-bee..is a melliferous story of the nectarian travels of the industrious bee.

1991 Agroforestry Syst. 13 13 How do Mayans choose the melliferous flora?

2006 H. G. Schabel Forest Entomol. E. Afr. ix. 270 Equatorial Africa is particularly rich in melliferous trees..especially Leguminosae, Combretaceae, Malvaceae, Rubiaceae and Moraceae.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melliferous
释义	melliferousadj. Brit. /mᵻˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /məˈlɪf(ə)rəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mellifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin mellifer ( < mell- , mel honey (see mell n.²) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French mellifère (1523 in an isolated attestation; otherwise 19th cent.). Yielding or producing honey. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > honey > [adjective] > containing honey honeyed?c1400 mellifluec1429 mellifluous?a1475 mellifluate1508 honey-dewed1596 honeyful1610 melliferous1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Melliferous, that bringeth or beareth honey. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iv. ii. §22 Judæa..could not but abound with Melliferous Plants of the best kind. 1772 Birmingham Counterfeit I. vi. 97 The stings of Cupid's melliferous darts. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. 296 Insects attracted by the melliferous glands of the flower. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 121 (note) The tube of the corolla [of Anchusa] is melliferous, and very attractive to bees. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. 196 The most perfect melliferous animals are the Bees. 1895 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun Nat. Hist. Plants II. 128 [These] in the case of melliferous flowers preserve..the honey from being spoilt by the wet. 1950 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 77 495 The morphology of the pollen grains of the more abundant melliferous species of Galicia were studied. 1984 Listener 3 May 34/4 Plight of the Bumble-bee..is a melliferous story of the nectarian travels of the industrious bee. 1991 Agroforestry Syst. 13 13 How do Mayans choose the melliferous flora? 2006 H. G. Schabel Forest Entomol. E. Afr. ix. 270 Equatorial Africa is particularly rich in melliferous trees..especially Leguminosae, Combretaceae, Malvaceae, Rubiaceae and Moraceae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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