POMIFEROUS

a.[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, etc. in distinction from the bacciferous or berry-bearing plants.

POMIFEROUS

Po *mif "er *ous, a. Etym: [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.