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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
pome
n 1: a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having
seed chambers and an outer fleshy part [syn: pome, false
fruit]
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Pome \Pome\, v. i. [Cf. F. pommer. See Pome, n.] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] | ||
| 3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Pome \Pome\, n. [L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. Pomade.] 1. (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (R. C. Ch.) 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
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