soriferousadj.
Etymology: < sor- (in sorus n.) + -iferous comb. form.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: soˈriferous.
Botany.
rare.
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1859 T. Moore (1864) 20 Ferns, the margin of whose frond is soriferous.
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