Viniferous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Yielding wine.

    "But last week, when the maker, NFI Consumer Products of Fayetteville, N.C., sent out media kits promoting the product’s nationwide rollout, the marketers mixed their viniferous metaphors."

Example

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"But last week, when the maker, NFI Consumer Products of Fayetteville, N.C., sent out media kits promoting the product’s nationwide rollout, the marketers mixed their viniferous metaphors."

Etymology

From Latin vīnum (“wine”) + -i- + -ferous.

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