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Webster 1913 Edition
Pomiferous
Po-mif′er-ous
,Adj.
[L.
pomifer
; pomum
fruit + ferre
to bear: cf. F. pomifère
.] (Bot.)
(a)
Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits.
(b)
Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pomiferous
POMIF'EROUS
,Adj.
Apple-bearing; an epithet applied to plants which bear the larger fruits, such as melons, gourds, pumpkins, cucumbers, &c. in distinction from the bacciferous or berry-bearing plants.