melliferous
/mɛˈlɪf(ə)rəs
/adjective
Yielding or producing honey.Malaysia, with its abundant melliferous plants and indigenous honeybees has a promising future in this industry....
- 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.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin mellifer (from mel 'honey' + -fer 'bearing') + -ous.
Rhymes
- parent company
- parentcraft
- parentdom
- parentela
- parentele
- parentelic
- parenteral
- parenterally
- parentese
- parent-figure
- parent governor
- parenthesis
- parenthesise
- parenthesis-free
- parenthesist
- parenthesize
- parenthetic
- parenthetical
- parenthetically
- parenthood
- parenticide
- parent-in-law
- parent kernel
- parent language
- parentless