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pome
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pome
n.
apple; device for warming the hands
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Pome
In botany, a pome (after the Latin word for fruit: pomum) is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Pome's origin of the word came from the Middle English (fruit), from Anglo-French pume, pomme (apple, fruit) and, ultimately from Late Latin pomum. First use, 15th century.
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pome
Noun
1. a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
(synonym) false fruit
(hypernym) fruit
(hyponym) apple
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Pome
(n.)
To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
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.
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.
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