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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.
[L. pomum, an apple, and fero, to produce.]
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.

Definition 2024


pomiferous

pomiferous

English

Adjective

pomiferous (not comparable)

  1. Producing or bearing pomes