| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Producing threads.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb filiferously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (filiferously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective filiferous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FILIFEROUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Filiferous \Fi*lif"er*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression filum thread -ferous.]. (references) |
