Glandiferous

/ɡlænˈdɪfərəs/ adjective

Definition

Bearing glands; producing or containing glands; having glands.

Etymology

From Latin glandula (gland) + -ferous (from ferre, to bear or produce). Literally means 'bearing glands' or 'gland-producing.'

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The -ferous suffix is incredibly useful—'glandiferous,' 'pestiferous,' 'odoriferous'—it lets you say something literally produces or carries that quality, and it appears in thousands of scientific terms.

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