pomonicadj.
/pəˈmɒnɪk/, U.S. /pəˈmɑnɪk/ literary. Now rare.
Consisting of or relating to fruits, esp. apples.
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pancarpial1592
fruity1657
fructiform1816
pomonic1864
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pomonic.
1871 O. Logan Mimic World & Public Exhib. 487 Some gallery god once cast an apple at John Kemble... He came down to the foot-lights, holding the pomonic missile in his hands.
1889 T. De W. Talmage Pathway of Life 332 What floral and pomonic richness!
1920 F. P. Adams Something Else Again 53 Of sin original and the woe That fell upon us here below From man's pomonic primal bite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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