a. [ Ovum + -ferous: cf. F. ovifère. ] (Biol.) Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (a) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. (b) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]