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sionnach commented on the word porphyroferous
"The branches of porphyroferous trees intertwined with those of the Black Leafed Limia to form a tunnel, penetrated here and there by a ray of hazy light"
Nabokov, Terra Incognita.
November 23, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word porphyroferous
Possibly porphyr- L. fr Gr. porphyra, purple fish, murex, purple
Prefixes meaning purple, dark red. & ferous
-ferous; suffix: -iferous having, bearing, or containing (a specified thing).
January 17, 2018