balaniferous

English

Etymology

From Latin balanus (“acorn”) + -ferous.

Adjective

balaniferous (comparative more balaniferous, superlative most balaniferous)

1. (nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
   • 1846, Charles Darwin, Geological Observations on South America:

     A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […]