bulbiferous

[ buhl-bif-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. producing bulbs.

bulbiferous

/ bʌlˈbɪfərəs /

adjective

1. (of plants) producing bulbs

Other Words From

• nonbul·bifer·ous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bulbiferous¹

1800–10; < New Latin bulbifer ( bulb, -i-, -fer ) + -ous

Example Sentences

Tall, pubescent above; leaves scattered, narrowly lanceolate, dark green, 5–7-nerved, the upper axils bulbiferous; flowers large, resembling those of L. superbum.—An escape from gardens.

From Project Gutenberg

Scape 3–8´ high; bulbs densely and coarsely fibrous-coated; spathe 2-valved; umbel rarely bulbiferous; sepals ovate- to narrowly lanceolate, thin and lax in fruit, a third longer than the stamens; capsule crested.—Sask. to Iowa and N. Mex.

From Project Gutenberg

Scape 1° high or more; bulb-coats somewhat fibrous; umbel densely bulbiferous or few-flowered; sepals narrowly lanceolate, obtusish, equalling or exceeding the stamens; capsule not crested.—Moist meadows, N. Eng. to Minn., south to the Gulf.

From Project Gutenberg

Scape 1° high or less; bulb small, often bulbiferous at base; leaves narrowly linear; flowers few, on slender pedicels, the segments narrowly oblong, 4–6´´ long; ovules 4–7 in each cell.

From Project Gutenberg

Stems.—Two feet high; loosely branching; bulbiferous.

From Project Gutenberg