amentiferousadj.

Brit.

/ˌamənˈtɪf(ə)rəs/,

/ˌeɪmənˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˌæmənˈtɪf(ə)rəs/,

/ˌeɪmənˈtɪf(ə)rəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin amentifer , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin amentifer of or relating to winter buds (1552 or earlier), bearing catkins (1690 or earlier; < classical Latin āmentum in its post-classical Latin sense ‘catkin’ (see amentum n.) + -fer -fer comb. form; originally after Hellenistic Greek καχρυϕόρος) + -ous suffix.Compare French amentifère (1813 or earlier).

Botany.

Bearing catkins. Cf. amentaceous adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of or bearing catkins

juliferous1668

amentaceous1754

amentiform1835

amental1846

amentiferous1847

catkined1866

1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. Gloss. p. xiv/2 Cupule, a cup-shaped involucrum, in which the fruit of the oak and other amentiferous trees is seated.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 199 All plants with this kind of inflorescence are called amentaceous or amentiferous.

1917 E. C. Jeffrey Anat. Woody Plants xxx. 430 In the true amentiferous types, such as the Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, etc., there are no herbaceous representatives at all.

2003 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 89 1532/1 The major families of the urticalean lineage have often been allied to amentiferous groups.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amentiferous
释义	amentiferousadj. Brit. /ˌamənˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌeɪmənˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌæmənˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌeɪmənˈtɪf(ə)rəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin amentifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin amentifer of or relating to winter buds (1552 or earlier), bearing catkins (1690 or earlier; < classical Latin āmentum in its post-classical Latin sense ‘catkin’ (see amentum n.) + -fer -fer comb. form; originally after Hellenistic Greek καχρυϕόρος) + -ous suffix.Compare French amentifère (1813 or earlier). Botany. Bearing catkins. Cf. amentaceous adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of or bearing catkins juliferous1668 amentaceous1754 amentiform1835 amental1846 amentiferous1847 catkined1866 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. Gloss. p. xiv/2 Cupule, a cup-shaped involucrum, in which the fruit of the oak and other amentiferous trees is seated. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 199 All plants with this kind of inflorescence are called amentaceous or amentiferous. 1917 E. C. Jeffrey Anat. Woody Plants xxx. 430 In the true amentiferous types, such as the Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, etc., there are no herbaceous representatives at all. 2003 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 89 1532/1 The major families of the urticalean lineage have often been allied to amentiferous groups. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1847
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