nectariferous

1. 1.

   possessing nectaries

Questions about nectariferous

What does nectariferous mean?

nectariferous means "possessing nectaries".

How many syllables are in nectariferous?

nectariferous has 5 syllables and divides as nec-ta-ri-fe-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is nectariferous a common word?

nectariferous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.