melliferous

Senso (Inglese)

1. Of a plant or its parts: bearing any substance (such as nectar or pollen) which is collected by bees to produce honey.
2. (broadly) Producing honey.
3. (figuratively) Honeyed, sweet.

Concetti

mellifero

sinonimi

nectariferous

producing honey

yielding honey

sugared

sugary

honey-bearing

Traduzioni

mellifère

عسلي

mielífera

melífero

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/mɪˈlɪfəɹəs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

PIE word
*mélit
Learned borrowing from Latin mellifer (“honey-bearing, honey-producing, melliferous”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting the presence of a quality, typically in abundance). Mellifer is derived from mel (“honey”) (plural form mella; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”)) + -fer (suffix meaning ‘bearing, bringing, carrying’).