bacciferous

9.9

A plant that produces berries

adjective
/ˌbækɪˈfɪrəs/

Specialized

: baccífero

The bacciferous plants in the garden provide a colorful display of berries for the autumn season.

Examples

Many birds are attracted to bacciferous plants for their abundant food supply.
The bacciferous shrubs thrive in moist woodland areas.
The bacciferous characteristic of the bush makes it popular with gardeners.
The bacciferous shrub attracts many birds.
Many bacciferous plants thrive in this region.
Several bacciferous species, like the elderberry and blueberry, are valued for their delicious fruits.
Birds flock to the bacciferous trees, eagerly pecking at the ripe berries hanging from the branches.

Synonyms

berried

vsbacciferous

1 5.8

Having many small fruits that birds and animals eat

is identical in meaning but uses a more technical form

baccate

vsbacciferous

Specialized

9.9

Having berries or looking like a berry

is restricted to actually producing or bearing berries not just appearance

How Fruitful

prolific

9 6.0

fruitful

42 3.9

bacciferous

Specialized

9.9

fruiting

2 3.7

barren

44 4.6

Surface Forms

bacciferous positive

Morphology

bacciferous = bacci + fer + ous

The word is etymologically compositional, but its Latin-derived parts are not ordinary English words, so an average learner is unlikely to recover 'berry-bearing' from the form alone.

Etymology

Bacciferous comes from the Latin bacca 'berry' and the ending -ferous 'bearing'. So it means 'bearing berries', which is why we use it for plants that produce or carry berries.