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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>bĭfer</b>: ĕra, ĕrum, adj. bis-[[fero]].<br /><b>I</b> 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]]).— *<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of twofold form: biferum Centauri [[corpus]], a [[horse]] and [[man]], Manil. 4, 230.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>bĭfĕr</b>,¹⁵ ĕra, ĕrum ([[bis]], [[fero]]), qui porte deux fois dans l’année [arbre] : Virg. G. 4, 119 || double : biferum [[corpus]] Manil. 4, 230, corps moitié homme, moitié [[animal]].
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