melliferous

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  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.

Từ đồng nghĩa

producing honey

yielding honey

honey-bearing

Phát âm là (IPA)
/mɪˈlɪfəɹəs/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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’).

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