Producing or bearing flames; capable of generating fire.
From Latin flamma (flame) combined with -ferous (bearing or carrying), from ferre (to carry). The compound means 'flame-bearing' or 'flame-producing.'
This rare scientific term was used in old chemistry texts to describe substances that could spontaneously ignite—it's the poetic ancestor of what we now call 'flammable' or 'combustible.'
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