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Webster 1913 Edition


Balaniferous

Balˊa-nif′er-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
balanus
acorn +
-ferous
.]
Bearing or producing acorns.

Definition 2024


balaniferous

balaniferous

English

Adjective

balaniferous (comparative more balaniferous, superlative most balaniferous)

  1. (nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
    • Charles Darwin
      A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo []