Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PO-MIF'ER-OUS
PO-MIF'ER-OUS, 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, &c. in distinction from the bacciferous berry-bearing, plants. – Ray. Arbuthnot.
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