multiferousadj.

Brit.

/mʌlˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˌməlˈtɪfərəs/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin multifer productive, fruitful ( < multi- multi- comb. form + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix; compare -ferous comb. form. In sense 2 apparently by confusion with multifarious adj.A. P. de Candolle ( Théorie élémentaire de la bot. (1813) iii. 423) cites scientific Latin multifer with a French explanation; compare French multifère.

1. Botany. Of a plant: fruitful; spec. bearing fruit or flowers several times in the course of a year. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [adjective] > bearing fruit or fruitful > many or spec. number of times

biferous1656

multiferous1656

triferous1656

monocarpous1830

polycarpous1832

sychnocarpous1832

monocarpic1849

polycarpic1849

monocarpian1856

polytocous1879

monotocous1880

hapaxanthic1893

pollakanthic1909

pollakanthous1965

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Multiferous, bearing much or many; fruitful.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Multiferous, bearing many Sorts of Things.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Multiferus, employed by De Candolle to characterize vegetables which bear flowers and fruits many times in the course of a year: multiferous.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 763/1 Multiferous, producing several times in one season.

1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 164/2 Multiferous, often bearing, fruitful.

2. = multifarious adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective]

sunderlyeOE

manifoldeOE

selcoutha1000

felefoldc1000

mislichOE

alkinOE

manykinOE

fele-kync1175

serekina1300

sundera1325

sundrya1325

serea1340

divers1340

varyingc1340

variantc1380

muchfoldc1384

serelepesa1400

serelepya1400

multifaryc1460

sundryfoldc1460

multiplicate?a1475

variable?a1475

sundrilyc1480

diversea1542

particoloured1591

multifarious1593

Protean1594

daedal1596

choiceful1605

Daedalian1605

multiplex1606

variated1608

diversified1611

multiplicious1617

variousa1634

multivarious1636

mosaic1644

multiple1647

omnigenous1650

chequered1656

plurifarious1656

ununiform1660

variate1677

disuniform1687

Proteusian1689

unsteady1690

unequable1693

inequable1721

variegating1727

varied1733

multitudinous1744

multifold1806

polygeneous1818

unequalized1822

ruleless1836

varicoloured185.

non-uniform1856

omnigener1857

polytypic1858

multiferous1860

variatious1871

variegated1872

polytypical1890

1860 Sci. Amer. 3 Nov. 299/1 A ‘Censor’, or ‘literary scavenger’, as you termed it, whose duties, as you enumerated them, would be multiferous.

1926 Science 2 July 16/2 No one would probably gainsay the magnitude and multiferous effects of human activity.

1991 Indian Perfumer 35 104 Cultivation of essential oil bearing plants are gaining importance, because of their multiferous uses in perfumery and flavouring industries.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	multiferous
释义	multiferousadj. Brit. /mʌlˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌməlˈtɪfərəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin multifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin multifer productive, fruitful ( < multi- multi- comb. form + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix; compare -ferous comb. form. In sense 2 apparently by confusion with multifarious adj.A. P. de Candolle ( Théorie élémentaire de la bot. (1813) iii. 423) cites scientific Latin multifer with a French explanation; compare French multifère. 1. Botany. Of a plant: fruitful; spec. bearing fruit or flowers several times in the course of a year. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [adjective] > bearing fruit or fruitful > many or spec. number of times biferous1656 multiferous1656 triferous1656 monocarpous1830 polycarpous1832 sychnocarpous1832 monocarpic1849 polycarpic1849 monocarpian1856 polytocous1879 monotocous1880 hapaxanthic1893 pollakanthic1909 pollakanthous1965 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Multiferous, bearing much or many; fruitful. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Multiferous, bearing many Sorts of Things. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Multiferus, employed by De Candolle to characterize vegetables which bear flowers and fruits many times in the course of a year: multiferous. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 763/1 Multiferous, producing several times in one season. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 164/2 Multiferous, often bearing, fruitful. 2. = multifarious adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] sunderlyeOE manifoldeOE selcoutha1000 felefoldc1000 mislichOE alkinOE manykinOE fele-kync1175 serekina1300 sundera1325 sundrya1325 serea1340 divers1340 varyingc1340 variantc1380 muchfoldc1384 serelepesa1400 serelepya1400 multifaryc1460 sundryfoldc1460 multiplicate?a1475 variable?a1475 sundrilyc1480 diversea1542 particoloured1591 multifarious1593 Protean1594 daedal1596 choiceful1605 Daedalian1605 multiplex1606 variated1608 diversified1611 multiplicious1617 variousa1634 multivarious1636 mosaic1644 multiple1647 omnigenous1650 chequered1656 plurifarious1656 ununiform1660 variate1677 disuniform1687 Proteusian1689 unsteady1690 unequable1693 inequable1721 variegating1727 varied1733 multitudinous1744 multifold1806 polygeneous1818 unequalized1822 ruleless1836 varicoloured185. non-uniform1856 omnigener1857 polytypic1858 multiferous1860 variatious1871 variegated1872 polytypical1890 1860 Sci. Amer. 3 Nov. 299/1 A ‘Censor’, or ‘literary scavenger’, as you termed it, whose duties, as you enumerated them, would be multiferous. 1926 Science 2 July 16/2 No one would probably gainsay the magnitude and multiferous effects of human activity. 1991 Indian Perfumer 35 104 Cultivation of essential oil bearing plants are gaining importance, because of their multiferous uses in perfumery and flavouring industries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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