pōmĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [pomum-fero],
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.