pome

pome

P0433600 (pōm)n. A fleshy fruit, such as an apple, pear, or quince, having several seed chambers and an outer fleshy part largely derived from the hypanthium.

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[Middle English, from Old French, apple, fruit, from Vulgar Latin *pōma, from neuter pl. of Late Latin pōmum, from Latin, fruit.]

pome

(pəʊm) n (Botany) the fleshy fruit of the apple and related plants, consisting of an enlarged receptacle enclosing the ovary and seeds[C15: from Old French, from Late Latin pōma apple, pl (assumed to be sing) of Latin pōmum apple]

pome

(poʊm)

n. the characteristic fruit of the apple subfamily, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels. [1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin pōma, pl. (taken in Vulgar Latin as feminine singular) of pōmum fruit]

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pome - a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy partfalse fruitapple - fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish fleshpear - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varietiesquince - aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preservesfruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

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