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melliferous \muh-LIF-er-uhs\,
adjective:
yielding or producing honey.

He writes of the melliferous odor of linden blossoms; of the fields rushing to meet him; of trees, castles and people; of the greensward that serves him as a dining table; and of the little old ladies who joyfully smile at him.
-- Mikhail A. Osorgin, translated by Donald M. Fiene, Selected Stories, Reminiscences, and Essays, 1982

Already he had the melliferous taste of victory on his tongue.
-- Wilbur Smith, "The Eye of the Tiger," 2001

Melliferous derives from the Latin word mellifer meaning "honey-bearing."

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