cocciferus

From Latin coccum + Latin fero (“I bear”) + Latin -us.

cocciferus m (feminine coccifera, neuter cocciferum)

1. (taxonomy) Alternative form of coccifer a specific epithet

• Cyrtochilum cocciferum
• Dapsilosporium cocciferum
• Eucalyptus coccifera
• Lichen cocciferus
• Quercus coccifera
• Scyphophorus cocciferus

• 2008, David Gledhill, The Names of Plants, 4th ed., published by Cambridge University Press, p. 113, s.v. "cocciferus -a -um, coccigerus -a -um"

From coccinus (“scarlet”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kokˈki.fe.rus/, [kɔkˈkɪfɛrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kotˈt͡ʃi.fe.rus/, [kotˈt͡ʃiːferus]

cocciferus (feminine coccifera, neuter cocciferum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) That produces a scarlet dye (such as cochineal)

First/second-declension adjective.