amentiferous

English

Etymology

From amentum +‎ -i- +‎ -ferous.

Adjective

amentiferous (not comparable)

(botany) Bearing catkins.
- 1872, John Hutton Balfour, Introduction to Palaeontological Botany:
  Amentiferous forms, such as Myrica, Betula, Alnus

References

“amentiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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