Amentaceous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amentaceous \Am`en*ta"ceous\, a. [LL. amentaceus.] (Bot.)
     (a) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the
         chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.
     (b) Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as,
         amentaceous plants.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amentaceous
       adj : (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins
             [syn: {amentiferous}]