† sexiferousadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: sex n.¹, -iferous comb. form.

Etymology: < sex n.¹ + -iferous comb. form, after French sexifère (1808 in the passage translated in quot. 1819). N.E.D. (1913) gives the pronunciation as (seksi·fĕrəs) /sɛkˈsɪfərəs/.

Botany. Obsolete. rare.

Bearing sexual organs.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > [adjective]

femalea1398

sexiferous1819

sexual1830

sexed1877

1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 15 There is then no such thing as a naked seed..proceeding from an ovulum with a covering that is simple, and consequently immediately sexiferous [Fr. sexifère].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	sexiferous
释义	† sexiferousadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: sex n.¹, -iferous comb. form. Etymology: < sex n.¹ + -iferous comb. form, after French sexifère (1808 in the passage translated in quot. 1819). N.E.D. (1913) gives the pronunciation as (seksi·fĕrəs) /sɛkˈsɪfərəs/. Botany. Obsolete. rare. Bearing sexual organs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > [adjective] femalea1398 sexiferous1819 sexual1830 sexed1877 1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 15 There is then no such thing as a naked seed..proceeding from an ovulum with a covering that is simple, and consequently immediately sexiferous [Fr. sexifère]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1819
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