Webster's 1828 Dictionary
JULUS
n.[Gr. a handful or bundle. ] 1. In botany, a catkin or ament, a species of calyx or inflorescence, consisting of chaffy scales arranged along a stalk, as in hazel, birch, willow, etc.
2. A genus of multiped insects, of the order of Apters, of a semi-cylindrical form, with moniliform antennae, and two articulated palpi.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
JULUS
Ju "lus, n.; pl. Juli. Etym: [Of the same origin as iulus. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A catkin or ament. See Ament.