† piluliferousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pilula , -iferous comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin pilula pill n.³ + -iferous comb. form.

Botany. Obsolete. rare.

Bearing fruits or flowers that resemble pills in size or shape.

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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 > of specific form

piluliferous1697

angiocarpous1835

amphicarpic1846

platycarpous1858

strombuliferous1859

trachycarpous1860

amphicarpous1866

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 438 The Tamarisk of Egypt, call'd Atle;..and the Piluliferous one of Monomopata, esteemed by our Author the true Acacalis of Dioscorides and Paulus.

1771 R. Weston Universal Botanist II. 311 Piluliferous Ceylon Spurge.

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 964/2 Piluliferus, the Urtica pilulifera is so named because of its fruits, which, by their union, form a globulous mass: piluliferous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	piluliferous
释义	† piluliferousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pilula , -iferous comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin pilula pill n.³ + -iferous comb. form. Botany. Obsolete. rare. Bearing fruits or flowers that resemble pills in size or shape. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [adjective] > bearing fruit or fruitful > of specific form piluliferous1697 angiocarpous1835 amphicarpic1846 platycarpous1858 strombuliferous1859 trachycarpous1860 amphicarpous1866 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 438 The Tamarisk of Egypt, call'd Atle;..and the Piluliferous one of Monomopata, esteemed by our Author the true Acacalis of Dioscorides and Paulus. 1771 R. Weston Universal Botanist II. 311 Piluliferous Ceylon Spurge. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 964/2 Piluliferus, the Urtica pilulifera is so named because of its fruits, which, by their union, form a globulous mass: piluliferous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.1697
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