Definition of melliferous in English:
melliferous
adjective mɛˈlɪf(ə)rəsməˈlɪfərəs
Yielding or producing honey.
Example sentencesExamples
- A.D.Fursaev studied the melliferous flora of the Volga flood plain.
- Malaysia, with its abundant melliferous plants and indigenous honeybees has a promising future in this industry.
- They will be put together in an area selected for its melliferous resources and its density in hives to ease the saturation of the area with drones from selected hives.
- The beekeepers became interested in enhancing their production through the cultivation of melliferous plants.
- If there are a lot of such days in the summertime bees collect a lot of melliferous dew.
- Due to the contamination, the vulnerability and of the potential of the melliferous bees, the number of the substances that can be used for that purpose is little and restricted by the law.
- The present study was carried out to survey the bees as visitors to melliferous flora in the region of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin mellifer (from mel 'honey' + -fer 'bearing') + -ous.
Rhymes
carboniferous, coniferous, cruciferous, odoriferous, pestiferous, somniferous, splendiferous, umbelliferous, vociferous
Definition of melliferous in US English:
melliferous
adjectiveməˈlifərəsməˈlɪfərəs
Yielding or producing honey.
Example sentencesExamples
- A.D.Fursaev studied the melliferous flora of the Volga flood plain.
- Malaysia, with its abundant melliferous plants and indigenous honeybees has a promising future in this industry.
- Due to the contamination, the vulnerability and of the potential of the melliferous bees, the number of the substances that can be used for that purpose is little and restricted by the law.
- The present study was carried out to survey the bees as visitors to melliferous flora in the region of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil.
- If there are a lot of such days in the summertime bees collect a lot of melliferous dew.
- They will be put together in an area selected for its melliferous resources and its density in hives to ease the saturation of the area with drones from selected hives.
- The beekeepers became interested in enhancing their production through the cultivation of melliferous plants.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin mellifer (from mel ‘honey’ + -fer ‘bearing’) + -ous.