POMIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin 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, etc. in distinction from the bacciferous or berry-bearing plants.
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