Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A plant of the order Guttiferæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A plant that exudes gum or resin.

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  • noun botany A plant that exudes gum or resin.

Etymologies

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From Latin gutta drop + ferre to bear.

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Examples

  • Other uncommon species are golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, redlegged kittiwake Rissa brevirostris (VU), and spotted greenshank Tringa guttifer (EN).

    Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation 2008

  • Waders like Chinese egrets (Egretta eulophotes), Nordmann’s greenshanks (Tringa guttifer), and Saunder’s gulls (Larus saundersi) also winter here.

    Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests 2008

  • These include Japanese night-herons (Gorsachius goisagi), Nordmann’s greenshanks (Tringa guttifer), and spoon-billed sandpipers (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus).

    South Taiwan monsoon rain forests 2007

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  • OMG drop bears!

    September 28, 2022