a. Bot. [f. L. AMENT-UM + -(I)FEROUS.] Bearing catkins.

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1854.  Balfour, Class-bk., 1087. Plants having catkins are Amentiferous.

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1870.  Bentley, Bot., 192. All plants with this kind of inflorescence are called amentaceous or amentiferous.

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