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Webster 1913 Edition

Dorsiferous

Dor-sif′er-ous

,.
[
Dorsum
+
-ferous
; cf. F.
dorsifère
.]
(Biol.)
Bearing, or producing, on the back; – applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dorsiferous

DORSIFEROUS

, DORSIPAROUS,
Adj.
[L., the back; to bear.] In botany, bearing or producing seeds on the back of their leaves; an epithet given to ferns or plants of the capillary kind without stalks.

Definition 2024

dorsiferous

dorsiferous

English

Adjective

dorsiferous ‎(not comparable)

  1. (biology) Bearing, or producing, on the back; applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, whose ova become attached to the skin of the parent's back, where they develop.

Synonyms

Etymology

dorsi- +‎ -ferous; compare French dorsifère.

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