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Webster 1913 Edition


Sebiferous

Se-bif′er-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
sebum
tallow +
-ferous
.]
1.
(Bot.)
Producing vegetable tallow.
2.
(Physiol.)
Producing fat; sebaceous;
as, the
sebiferous
, or sebaceous, glands
.

Definition 2024


sebiferous

sebiferous

English

Adjective

sebiferous (comparative more sebiferous, superlative most sebiferous)

  1. (botany) Producing vegetable tallow.
  2. (physiology) Producing fat; sebaceous.
    the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands

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