-ferous


-ferous

suff. Bearing; producing; containing: carboniferous.
[-fer + -ous.]

-ferous

adj combining form bearing or producing: coniferous; crystalliferous. Compare -gerous [from -fer + -ous]

-ferous

a combining form meaning “carrying,” “producing,” “yielding” the thing specified by the initial element: coniferous; pestiferous. Compare -fer. [Middle English; see -fer, -ous]