sebiferous

[Lat. sebum =tallow, and fero =to bear.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Producing fat or fatty matter. 2. Bot.: Producing vegetable wax. sě-bil-lạ, s. [Sp.] sechium sě-çern', v. t. & i. [Lat. secerno; from se- =apart, and cerno =to separate.] [SECRET.] A. Transitive : *1. Ord. Lang.: To separate, to distinguish. 2. Physiol.: To excrete. "The pituite, or mucus, secerned in the nose, mouth, palate."- Arbuthnot : On Aliments , ch. vi. *B. In trans.: To become divided or separated; to be excreted. "Birds are better meat than beasts, because their flesh doth a imilate more finely, and secerneth more subtilly." -Bacon .