amyliferous

English

Etymology

From Latin amylum (“starch”) +‎ -iferous.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æmɪˈlɪfəɹəs/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

amyliferous (comparative more amyliferous, superlative most amyliferous)

  1. Bearing or producing starch.
    • 1897, Alfred J. Ewart, “Further Observations upon Assimilatory Inhibition”, in The Journal of the Linnean Society‎[1], volume 31, number 219, London, page 565:
      The amyliferous leaf-cells seem to contain no chloroplastids; the mass of starch grains with which the cell is filled may either be colourless or have a distinctly yellowish or occasionally brownish tinge.

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