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† juˈliferous, a. Obs.
[f. L. jūlus (prop. iūlus) catkin (see iulus) + -ferous.]
Bearing catkins, amentiferous.
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. iv. 118 Whether such Pods are Catkins; called Juliferous trees. 1769J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumbld. I. ix. 282 The short juliferous spikes are of a straw-colour.
So ˈjuliform a., having the form of a catkin or of the millipedes of the genus Iulus.
1882in Ogilvie (Annandale), and in other mod. Dicts. |