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somniferous

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som·nif·er·ous  (sm-nfr-s) also som·nif·ic (-nfk)
adj.
Inducing sleep; soporific.
som·nifer·ous·ly adv.
somniferous [sɒmˈnɪfərəs], somnific
adj
(Medicine) Rare tending to induce sleep
[from Latin somnifer (from somnus sleep + ferre to do) + -ous]
somniferously  adv
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Adj.1.somniferous - sleep inducing
hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somnific, soporiferous, soporific
depressant - capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
Translations
somniferous [sɒmˈnɪfərəs] ADJ → somnífero
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