capsuliferous etymology

English word capsuliferous comes from English capsule, English -iferous

Detailed word origin of capsuliferous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
capsule English (eng) (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form. (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.. (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.. (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.. (dialectal, UK, [...]
-iferous English (eng)
capsuliferous English (eng) (botany, anatomy) Bearing capsules.

Words with the same origin as capsuliferous

Descendants of capsule
Spansule acapsular caplet capsular antigen capsular cataract capsular contracture capsular ligament capsular polysaccharide capsular space capsulate capsuliform capsuligenous capsulise capsulitis capsulize encapsulization gelcap incapsulate tabsule
Descendants of -iferous
coloriferous coralliferous crystalliferous fossiliferous galeniferous gasiferous guaniferous gummiferous insectiferous lamelliferous mammaliferous manniferous muriatiferous nectariferous nitrogeniferous ocelliferous ozoniferous papuliferous phosphoriferous polleniferous pyritiferous siliciferous stoloniferous sulphuriferous uriniferous