calliferous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin callifer, equivalent to callus +‎ -i- +‎ -ferous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlɪfəɹəs/

Adjective

calliferous (not comparable)

1. (normally botany or entomology) Bearing or producing calluses.
   • 1901, Tomitaro Makino, Observations on the flora of Japan. Fasciculus 1. Reprinted from the Botanical Magazine, Tokyo Vol. XV. 1901, Tokyo, page 52:

     Rumex (Lapathum) Daiwoo (Sieb.) Makino nom. nov.
     Inner perianth 3, erect-patent, longer than the outer ones, glabrous, herbaceous; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, membranaceous and more or less minutely erose on the margin, with anastomosing veins, 2½-3 mm. long, after anthesis gradually enlarged and tinged with rose-colour, in fruit deltoid-ovate to ovate-reniform, minutely denticulate on the margin, obtuse, subcrispate, reticulated-veined, 4–8 mm. wide, the midrib narrowly prominent below but not calliferous, or sometimes hardly and minutely unicalliferous.

Derived terms

• unicalliferous (hapax, see T. Makino above)