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pomiferous, a.|pəʊˈmɪfərəs|
[f. L. pōmifer (f. pōmum apple, fruit + -fer bearing) + -ous.]
1. Producing fruit, or specifically apples; spec. in Bot., applied to trees and plants bearing pomes or pome-like fruits (formerly including cucumbers, melons, and the like), as distinguished from bacciferous or berry-bearing plants.
1656Blount Glossogr., Pomiferous, that beareth fruit. 1664H. Power Exp. Philos. i. 48 The Seeds of all pomiferous Plants. 1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 101 All Pomiferous Herbs, Pumpions, Melons, Gourds, Cucumbers. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Pomiferous Trees,..are such as have their Flower on the top of the Fruit, and their Fruit in the Form of an Apple or Pear. 1750G. Hughes Barbadoes 121 By pomiferous fruits I would be understood to mean all of the Apple kind, such as have thick fleshy substance inclosing many seeds. 1851Gosse Nat. in Jamaica 145 Sunny, spicy, pomiferous groves. 1893Cornh. Mag. July 60 The sunny sloping pomiferous town of Hexham.
2. Carrying an apple. nonce-use.
1757Stukeley Medallic Hist. Carausius 29 A coin represents Adam pomiferous in this manner. |