Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Corticiferous \Cor`ti*cif"er*ous\ (k?r`t?-s?f"?r-?s), a. [L.
   cortex, corticis, bark -- -ferous: cf. F. corticif?re.]
   1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles
      bark.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a barklike c?nenchyms.