guttiferous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Yielding gum or resinous substance, especially said of trees and shrubs in family Guttiferae (now Clusiaceae) that abound in resinous sap.

Word forms

guttiferous

Etymology

From guttifer + -ous, from New Latin guttifera (“gum-bearing plant”), from Latin gutta (“drop”).

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