OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 48150

melliferous

/mɪˈlɪfəɹəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
melífero • melífico
Of a plant or its parts: bearing any substance (such as nectar or pollen) which is collected by bees to produce honey.
In the Yucatan of Mexico, most resource-poor farmers manage garden, overstory, and edge vegetation to generate plant products for household use and income from non-timber forest pr…
Thus, for the due fertilization of the common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris) it is necessary that the irritable stamens should be brought into contact with the pistil by the applicat…
melífero • melífico
Producing honey.
It is stated that honey has been found in the galleries of certain exotic species of Ants, but it is doubtful whether they have not stolen it from some other animals. However this…
The Hymenoptera belonging to the melliferous or honey-collecting division of the Aculeata, are known by the peculiar conformation of the hind feet, of which the first joint is comp…
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