pome

[ pohm ]

noun

, Botany.

1. the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.

pome

/ pəʊm /

noun

1. the fleshy fruit of the apple and related plants, consisting of an enlarged receptacle enclosing the ovary and seeds

pome

/ pōm /

1. A fleshy simple fruit that has several seed chambers developed from a compound ovary and an outer fleshy part developed from the enlarged base of the flower. The pome is an accessory fruit and is characteristic of certain plants in the rose family, such as the apple and pear.
2. Also called false fruit
3. Compare berrySee more at accessory fruit

Other Words From

• pomelike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pome¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin pōma, plural (taken as singular) of pōmum fruit

Word History and Origins

Origin of pome¹

C15: from Old French, from Late Latin pōma apple, pl (assumed to be sing) of Latin pōmum apple

Example Sentences

In Ta Pome replied, Each of you kill one of your children, cut him into pieces and put him into a jar.

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An whether it was the red morey waist or the pome Betsy never did know, but she thinks it was the pome.

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Now, just before she had this daguerrotype took that Im goin to show you, she was writin a pome to the Muse.

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Pyrus, pī′rus, n. a genus of trees and shrubs of the natural order Rosace, sub-order Pome.

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"Give us a song or a pome," called a voice from the rear of the hall.

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Related Words

• berry
• crop
• grain
• nut
• produce
• product