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bifer

bifer · adj

bearing fruit twice a year

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. bĭfer — Lewis & Short

bĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.bis-fero.

I Lit., bearing fruit twice a year: arbor, malus, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7: ficus, Col. 10, 403; 5, 10, 11; Plin. 13, 22, 41, § 121; 16, 27, 50, § 114; Suet. Aug. 76: biferique rosaria Paesti, Verg. G. 4, 119 (acc. to Serv. the rose blossomed twice in a year at Paestum).— *
II Transf., of twofold form: biferum Centauri corpus, a horse and man, Manil. 4, 230.

2. bifer — Walde–Hofmann

bifer, -a, -um „zweimal (Frucht) tragend* (seit Varro, rom.): vgl. &í-popoc. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bifer, p. 137]

In the wild

6 of 12 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. bifer (scan p. 137; entry #399).

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