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Webster 1913 Edition

(k?rˊt?-s?f′?r-?s)

Adj.

[L.

cortex

corticis

, bark –

-ferous

: cf. F.

corticif[GREEK]re

Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark.

(Zool.)

Having a barklike c[GREEK]nenchyms.

Adj.

[cortex and fero, to produce.] Producing bark, or that which resembles it.

corticiferous ‎(not comparable)