pomiferousadj.

Brit.

/pəˈmɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/pəˈmɪf(ə)rəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pōmifer , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pōmifer fruit-bearing ( < pōmum fruit (see pomum n.) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French pomifère (1540 in Middle French), Catalan pomífer (1588), Spanish (rare) pomifero (1589), Portuguese pomífero (1624), Italian pomifero (a1342).In the senses ‘producing apples’ and ‘relating to apples’ apparently by association with either French pomme pome n.¹ or post-classical Latin pomum pomum n.

1. Producing fruit, esp. apples; (Botany) bearing pomes or (formerly) similar large fruit, as opposed to berries.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [adjective] > bearing fruit or fruitful > bearing pomes

pomiferous1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pomiferous, that beareth fruit.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 48 The Seeds of all pomiferous Plants.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 84 All Pomiferous Herbs, Pumpions, Melons, Gourds, Cucumbers.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum 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.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 121 By pomiferous fruits I would be understood to mean all of the Apple kind, such as have thick fleshy substance inclosing many seeds.

1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 145 Sunny, spicy, pomiferous groves.

1893 Cornhill Mag. July 60 The sunny sloping pomiferous town of Hexham.

1928 E. Hawkes Pioneers Plant Study xxviii. 206 Trees..are subdivided mainly by their fruits, cone-bearing, nut-bearing, pomiferous, [etc.].

1997 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 117 110 The gardener could see a lesson..in the flow of pomiferous pear-and-apple enclosing their line.

2. Relating to or involving apples; having or carrying an apple or apples. rare.

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1757 W. Stukeley Medallic Hist. Carausius 29 A coin represents Adam pomiferous in this manner.

1889 J. Ruskin Præterita (1949) III. iii. 492 The lesson lost itself that day in pomiferous talk, with rustic interludes in the stables and pigsty.

2000 Independent (Nexis) 3 Dec. 3 Perry, the pear drink..has the potential to be more subtle and complex than its pomiferous cousin [sc. cider].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pomiferous
释义	pomiferousadj. Brit. /pəˈmɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /pəˈmɪf(ə)rəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pōmifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pōmifer fruit-bearing ( < pōmum fruit (see pomum n.) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French pomifère (1540 in Middle French), Catalan pomífer (1588), Spanish (rare) pomifero (1589), Portuguese pomífero (1624), Italian pomifero (a1342).In the senses ‘producing apples’ and ‘relating to apples’ apparently by association with either French pomme pome n.¹ or post-classical Latin pomum pomum n. 1. Producing fruit, esp. apples; (Botany) bearing pomes or (formerly) similar large fruit, as opposed to berries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [adjective] > bearing fruit or fruitful > bearing pomes pomiferous1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pomiferous, that beareth fruit. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 48 The Seeds of all pomiferous Plants. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 84 All Pomiferous Herbs, Pumpions, Melons, Gourds, Cucumbers. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum 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. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 121 By pomiferous fruits I would be understood to mean all of the Apple kind, such as have thick fleshy substance inclosing many seeds. 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 145 Sunny, spicy, pomiferous groves. 1893 Cornhill Mag. July 60 The sunny sloping pomiferous town of Hexham. 1928 E. Hawkes Pioneers Plant Study xxviii. 206 Trees..are subdivided mainly by their fruits, cone-bearing, nut-bearing, pomiferous, [etc.]. 1997 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 117 110 The gardener could see a lesson..in the flow of pomiferous pear-and-apple enclosing their line. 2. Relating to or involving apples; having or carrying an apple or apples. rare. ΚΠ 1757 W. Stukeley Medallic Hist. Carausius 29 A coin represents Adam pomiferous in this manner. 1889 J. Ruskin Præterita (1949) III. iii. 492 The lesson lost itself that day in pomiferous talk, with rustic interludes in the stables and pigsty. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 3 Dec. 3 Perry, the pear drink..has the potential to be more subtle and complex than its pomiferous cousin [sc. cider]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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