‖ pomum Bot. Obs.
(ˈpəʊməm)
[L., = fruit of any kind; in med.L. an apple.]
= pome 1 b.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vi. (1765) 14 Pomum, is a fleshy or pulpy Pericarpium without Valve, containing a Capsule. 1785 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxviii. (1794) 451 They all agree in..a pomum for a fruit. |