MELLIFEROUS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 31

adj. Me2l-i2f'e2r-u3s. Lat., mellifer, mettiferus (from mel, honey, and ferre, to bear). Fr., mellifere. Ger., honigfiihrend. Carrying or producing honey. [B, 123 (a, 35); L, 41 (a, 43).l [s. 735]