amentiferous
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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.