Definition of Melliferous. Meaning of Melliferous. Synonyms of Melliferous

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Definition of Melliferous

Melliferous
Melliferous Mel*lif"er*ous, a. [L. mellifer; mel, mellis, honey + ferre to bear.] Producing honey.

Meaning of Melliferous from wikipedia

- A melliferous flower is a plant which produces substances that can be collected by insects and turned into honey. Many plants are melliferous, but only...
- Society's Award of Garden Merit. 'Mrs Kendal Clark' Geranium pratense is a melliferous herb. Its nectar secretion is 1.3 – 1.5 mg/24 hrs. with a sugar content...
- Thyme (/taɪm/) is the herb (dried aerial parts) of some members of the genus Thymus of aromatic perennial evergreen herbs in the mint family Lamiaceae...
- grazing livestock 80 to 90 days after planting. Rapeseed has a high melliferous potential (produces substances that can be collected by insects) and...
- Gr**** μέλισσα (mélissa) melissophobia mell- honey Latin mel, mellis melliferous, mellific, mellifluence, mellifluent, mellifluous, melliloquent, mellivorous...
- numerous Acacia species, Dalbergia species, and Castanospermum australe. Melliferous plants offer nectar to bees and other insects to encourage them to carry...
- Taraxa**** (/təˈræksəkəm/) is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The scientific...
- phenomenon is that the lower part of the trunk becomes corky with aging. The melliferous flowers are solitary or in pairs, and grow in the leaf axils. Greenish...
- Arbutus unedo, commonly known as strawberry tree, or chorleywood in the United Kingdom, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native...
- of fallows, paper elaboration, medicinal plant and honey production (melliferous species). Due to their high protein contents, Crotalaria longirostrata...