pome

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  1. noun A fleshy fruit, such as an apple, pear, or quince, having several seed chambers and an outer fleshy part largely derived from the hypanthium. Also called false fruit.

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  • She had launched into a pomegranate tree, cracking headfirst into its pome-trunk, jarring loose several granate fruits. —  Night Mare
  • As for the pome (this is the Poet's Craft-book Dep't.) —  BETTER TO HAVE LOVED
  • He wondered if Mrs. Hicks would like to hear his "pome". —  Mystery14 – Mystery of the Strange Messages, The
  • "I'd like to know what you think of my last pome," he said. —  Mystery14 – Mystery of the Strange Messages, The
  • What a "pome" he would recite to the Superintendent! —  Mystery14 – Mystery of the Strange Messages, The
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, apple, fruit, from Vulgar Latin *pōma, from neuter pl. of Late Latin pōmum, from Latin, fruit.

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  1. from Middle English pome, from Old French pome, pomme, an apple, ball, etc., French pomme, an apple, = Spanish pomo, fruit, apple, scent-bottle, nosegay, poma, apple, perfume-box, = Portuguese pomo, fruit, apple, = Italian pomo, apple, ball, pommel, etc., from Latin pomum, fruit, as an apple, pear, peach, cherry, fig, date, nut, grape, truffle, etc., in Middle Latin especially an apple; also a fruit-tree (pomus, a fruit-tree).
  2. from French pommer, grow round, from pomme, apple: see pome.
 

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