balaniferous

English

Etymology

From Latin balanus (“acorn”) + -ferous.

Adjective

balaniferous (comparative more balaniferous, superlative most balaniferous)

  1. (nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
    • 1846, Charles Darwin, Geological Observations on South America:
      A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […]
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