tergiferousadj.
/təːˈdʒɪfərəs/ Botany. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Bearing the fructification on the back of the frond, as a fern: = dorsiferous adj. 1.
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1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Tergiferous plants.
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1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Tergefætous Plants, such Herbs..as bear their Seeds on the backsides of their Leaves.
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