Bot. [ad. L. type *culmifer (f. culmus CULM2 + -fer bearing) + -OUS.] Of grasses: Having a jointed hollow stalk.
1704. Ray, in J. Harris, Lex. Techn., Plants § 23. Culmiferous Plants are such as have a smooth hollow jointed Stalk, with one long sharp-pointed Leaf at each Joint.
1707. Sloane, Jamaica, I. 102. Herbs … which are culmiferous, are divided into those with large seeds, or Corns, and those with lesser seeds, called Grasses.
1862. Beveridge, Hist. India, II. IV. v. 156. Among culmiferous crops the first place belongs to rice.
