adjective
tūrĭfĕr
Meaning
- incense-bearing
tūrĭfĕr (thūr-), fĕra, fĕrum, adj. tusfero,
I. incense-bearing, that bears, yields, or produces incense:
Indus, Ov. F. 3, 720: regio, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 104: Sabaei, Val. Fl. 6, 138; cf. Arabes, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 71: silvae, id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 81: grex, that offers frankincense, i. e. idolaters, heathen, Prud. Apoth. 359.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tūrifer (thūr-) fera, ferum, adj.
tus+1 FER-, incense-bearing, yielding incense : Indus, O.