bearing or carrying (young, spores, etc) on the back or dorsal surface
dorsiferous in American English
(dɔrˈsɪfərəs)
adjective
Botany
borne on the back, as the sori on most ferns
Word origin
[1720–30; dorsi- + -ferous]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catchword, deadwood, fantail, personify, stylus-ferous is a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “yielding,” “containing,” “conveying,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -ferous include: coniferous, pestiferous