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View definitions for melliferous

melliferous

adjective as in honeylike

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Example Sentences

Grelet was a skilled apiarist, and replenished his melliferous flocks by wild swarms enticed from the forests.

Honey is procured by steeping the cones of the Banksia or other melliferous flowers in water.

None of the melliferous clan, in my neighbourhood at least, is stirring as early as she is.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to melliferous, such as: alveolate, faveolate, nectariferous, and nectarous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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