applebearing

comparative more applebearing · superlative most applebearing

1. rareRare form of apple-bearing.

   And those on whom the walls of the applebearing Abella look, Accustomed to twirl the cateiae, in the Teutonic manner,

   1842, Samuel Rush Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, volume 1, section "Abella"

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   Solanum poniferum Indicum folio rotundo. Indian Applebearing Nightshade with round leaves. This plant being onely mentioned by Monarus, in his history of those simple medicines, that come from the West Indies, ...

   1640, John Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum: the Theater of Plants. Or, an Herball of a Large Extent, page 355

   Then no baleful wind shall blight Joyful vines, nor barren rust The corn; nor applebearing season Cruel smite the tender younglings.

   1853, Horace, translated by Francis William Newman, The Odes of Horace, Translated into Unrhymed Metres, with an Introduction and Notes, by F. W. Newman, page 109

   Salvia pomifera Apple-bearing Sage […] Salvia pomifera Salvia pomifera, the applebearing sage, has a very peculiar growth and is common ...

   2003, Spiridon E. Kintzios, Sage: The Genus Salvia, CRC Press, →ISBN, pages 11 and 24