POME

pome, false fruit

(noun) a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pome (plural pomes)

(botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

Hyponyms: apple, pear, quince

(Roman Catholic) A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

Verb

pome (third-person singular simple present pomes, present participle poming, simple past and past participle pomed)

(obsolete, intransitive) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Anagrams

• mope, poem, poëm

Source: Wiktionary

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Pome, n. Etym: [L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. Pomade.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.

2. (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

Pome, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. pommer. See Pome, n.]

Definition: To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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