pomiferous

[poh-mif-er-uh s]

adjective Botany.

bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.

Origin of pomiferous

1650–60; < Latin pōmifer fruit-bearing (see pome, -i-, -fer) + -ous

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Examples from the Web for pomiferous

Historical Examples of pomiferous

Squashes, cucurbita melopepo, is a pomiferous herb much esteemed by the Antiguans.
Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2)
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British Dictionary definitions for pomiferous

pomiferous

adjective

(of the apple, pear, etc) producing pomes or pomelike fruits

Word Origin for pomiferous

C17: from Latin pomifer fruit-bearing

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