a. Obs. [f. L. jūlus (prop. iūlus) catkin (see IULUS) + -FEROUS.] Bearing catkins, amentiferous.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., II. iv. 118. Whether such Pods are … Catkins; called Juliferous trees.
1769. J. Wallis, Nat. Hist. Northumbld., I. ix. 282. The short juliferous spikes are of a straw-colour.
So Juliform a., having the form of a catkin or of the millipedes of the genus Iulus.
1882. in Ogilvie (Annandale), and in other mod. Dicts.
