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Tergiferous

Ter*gif"er*ous\, a. [L. tergum the back + -ferous.] Carrying or bearing upon the back.

Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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