† triferousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Thrice-bearing; bearing fruit or flowers thrice a year.
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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 Triferous (trifer), that brings forth fruit thrice a year.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 70 Some are biferous and triferous, which bear twice or thrice in the year.
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