a. Bot. [f. L. cauli-s stem + -fer bearing + -OUS.] Producing or having a stem or stalk.
1708–21. Kersey, Cauliferous Plants are such as have a true Stalk, which a great many have not.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., Perfectly cauliferous, as cabbage.
1755. in Johnson; and in subseq. Dicts.
