Melliferous Definition
mə-lĭfər-əs
adjective
Producing honey.
Webster's New World
Bearing honey.
Wiktionary
(botany) Bearing any substance that is collected by bees to produce honey.
Wiktionary
Origin of Melliferous
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From Latin mellifer mel mell- honey melit- in Indo-European roots -fer -fer
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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