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Webster 1913 Edition

Culmiferous

Cul-mif′er-ous

(k?l-m?f′?r-?s)
,
Adj.
[L.
culmus
stalk or stem +
-ferous
: cf. F.
culmifère
.]
Having jointed stems or culms.

Cul-mif′er-ous

(kŭl-mĭf′ẽr-ŭs)
,
Adj.
[2d
culm
+
-ferous
.]
(Min.)
Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.

Webster 1828 Edition

Culmiferous

CULMIFEROUS

,
Adj.
[L., a stalk; to bear.] Producing stalks. Culmiferous plants have a smooth jointed stalk, usually hollow, and wrapped about at each joint with single, narrow, sharp-pointed leaves, and their seeds contained in chaffy husks, as wheat, rye, oats and barley.

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