a. [ad. mod.L. bulbifer, f. bulb-us BULB sb. + -fer, see -FEROUS.] Bulb-bearing; producing bulbs.
1807. G. Gregory, Dict. Arts, I. 251/3. Cauline [bulbs] … in some species of onion … called bulbiferous … produced at the origin of the umbel of flowers.
1816. Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1843), I. 227. The bulbiferous egg that produced it.
1861. Miss Pratt, Flower. Pl., V. 268. Bulbiferous Great Round-Garlic.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 382. Head globose usually bulbiferous.
