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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.
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