| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Bearing a byssus or tuft.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb byssiferously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (byssiferously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective byssiferous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BYSSIFEROUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Byssiferous \Bys*sif"er*ous\, adjective. [Byssus -ferous.]. (references) |
