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tergiferous

CIDE DICTIONARY

tergiferousa. [L. tergum the back + -ferous.].
     Carrying or bearing upon the back.  [1913 Webster]
Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.

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