1. bearing or producing catkins (elongated clusters of flowers or fruits)
Usage: botanical term; formal

Examples

• Birch trees are amentiferous plants that produce distinctive hanging catkins in spring.
• The amentiferous species in the forest include alders and willows.
• Amentiferous trees often rely on wind pollination rather than insect pollination.
• The amentiferous structures of the hazel tree develop before the leaves emerge.