pome
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 4
Definition of pome
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A 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.”
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noun
-
A 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.”
- 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.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of pomme (“green roundel in heraldry”).
- Synonym of Pomeranian (“a breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs”).
verb
- (intransitive, obsolete)To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.
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