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单词 lanific
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lanificadj.

/leɪˈnɪfɪk/
Etymology: < Latin lānificus, < lāna wool + -ficus making: see -fic suffix.
rare.
a. Wool-bearing.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having leaves of particular texture
rugged1587
bristle-leaved1601
rough-leaved1633
nervifoliousa1682
asperifoliate1687
lanifica1693
lanigerous1706
thick-leaved1707
smooth-leaved1731
flake-feathered1848
laniflorous1855
porophyllous1858
leiophyllous1881
a1693 Urquhart's Rabelais (1737) iii. li. 353 All the Lanific Trees of Seres.
b. Busied in spinning wool.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [adjective] > spinning > one who
lanific1806
spinsterly1827
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 772 The distinct offices of the lanific sisters, as Catullus calls them, were afterwards transferred to the distaff and the rock.

Derivatives

laˈnifical adj. Obsolete
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lanifical, that maketh or weaves woollen cloth, pertaining to the working in wool.
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laˈnificous adj. Obsolete (1721 in Bailey).
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