pome

pome
pomelike, adj.
/pohm/, n. Bot.
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.
[1350-1400; ME < MF < L poma, pl. (taken as sing.) of pomum fruit]

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