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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

saccharon

sugar +

-ferous

Producing sugar;

as,

sacchariferous

canes

Adj.

[L. saccharum, sugar, and fero, to produce.]

Producing sugar; as sacchariferous canes. The maple is a sacchariferous tree.

sacchariferous ‎(comparative more sacchariferous, superlative most sacchariferous)