Pome (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Botany.
  1. the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
noun
  1. the fleshy fruit of the apple and related plants, consisting of an enlarged receptacle enclosing the ovary and seeds
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