amentiferous
English edit
Etymology edit
From amentum + -i- + -ferous.
Adjective edit
amentiferous (not comparable)
- (botany) Bearing catkins.
- 1872, John Hutton Balfour, Introduction to Palaeontological Botany:
- Amentiferous forms, such as Myrica, Betula, Alnus
References edit
- “amentiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.