nuciferous

[Lat. nux (gen it. nucis)=a nut; fero = to bear, to produce, and Eng. adj. suff. -ous.] Bearing or producing nuts; nut-bearing. nu-çi-form, a. [Lat.nux (gen it. nucis) = a nut, and form a =form, shape.] Bot .: Shaped or formed like a nut; nut-shaped. nu-çif-ra-ga, s. [Latin nux (gen it. nucis )=a nut, and frag , root of frango =to break.] Ornith.: Nutcracker (q. v.); a genus of Corvide, sub-family Corvine. Four species are known, from the Pale arctic region to the Him a lay as and North China. ( Wallace .) nucleus