I.fruit-bearing, fruit-bringing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “arbor,” Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15; Mel. 2, 2, 1: “rami,” Sen. Herc. Fur. 700: “auctumnus,” Hor. C. 4, 7, 11: “annus,” id. ib. 3, 23, 8: “lignum,” tree, Vulg. Gen. 1, 11: “SVLVANVS,” Inscr. Murat. 70, 6.—Hence, subst.: pōmĭ-ferae , ārum, f., fruit-trees, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 253.
pōmĭfer , ĕra, ĕrum, adj. pomum-fero,