Bearing or producing rod-like or staff-like structures.
From Latin 'baculum' (rod/staff) combined with '-ferous' from 'ferre' meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry,' literally 'rod-bearing.'
This adjective was beloved by Victorian naturalists who were cataloging the wildly diverse shapes in nature—it's the kind of word that shows how scientists could describe almost anything by combining Latin roots!
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