Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Bearing pomes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pome-bearing: noting all plants which produce pomes or any of the larger fruits, as cucumbers, pumpkins, etc., in distinction from the bacciferous plants, which yield berries and other small fruits.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits.
- adjective Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Producing or bearing
pomes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin pōmifer, fruit-bearing (pōmum, fruit + -fer, -fer) + –ous.]
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reesetee commented on the word pomiferous
Bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
November 19, 2007
mollusque commented on the word pomiferous
Congratulations on your ten-thousandth, reesetee! *only eight thousand more to go, pant gasp*.
November 19, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word pomiferous
Ten thousand??? Holy carp, reesetee!
November 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word pomiferous
Thanks, guys! I think my 10,000th was splendiferous. :-)
November 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word pomiferous
Didn't you used to have another hobby, editing or something? ;)
November 20, 2007
palooka commented on the word pomiferous
Congrats on 10,000 reesetee! Someday you'll become a professional wordie & give up editing altogether.
November 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word pomiferous
Editing, schmediting. Wordie is more fun. Too bad the pay isn't better. ;-)
Actually, I do take advantage of the "low tides" in this business to bulk up my Wordie muscles. So it works out, and I don't lose my job. I consider it editing practice....
November 20, 2007