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Definition of Aeriferous
1. Adjective. Conveying air; as the bronchial tubes.
Definition of Aeriferous
1. Adjective. (context: of a tube etc) That conveys air ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aeriferous
Literary usage of Aeriferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and Sources of by Wilhelm Pfeffer (1900)
"The aeriferous system communicates with the external world, neglecting accidental
fissures in the peripheral tissue layers, mainly by means of the ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1868)
"But at the point where the trachea? penetrate between the muscular fibres, the
inner coat disappears, and the aeriferous canal terminates ..."
3. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1846)
""The object and eflect of using a flexible or elastic platen with the pressure
by means of a liquid or aeriferous fluid is, that the platen is equally ..."
4. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"The stomata, the exits of the aeriferous system, permit gases of all kinds to
enter the plant as well as to pass out, and direct gaseous exchange may, ..."
5. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"With such evidence of the aeriferous functions of the spiral vessels, it will
doubtless to many appear probable that this question is settled, ..."
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