Pome

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

"The best-known example of a pome is the apple."

2.nounA 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.

3.verbTo grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Synonyms

false fruit pseudofruit pseudocarp simple fruit aggregate fruit fruit collective fruit follicle polysperm pomiculture carpophyte podosperm

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