pomiferae

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.