pome

P3O1M3E1
/ˈpəʊm/

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.”

Similar
applepipfruitPomeranianfalse fruit
OriginMiddle English pome ← Old French pome ← Latin pōmum →
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Meanings

pome1

nounpome (plural pomes or (heraldry) pomeis)

plural pomes · plural pomeis

  1. biologyA 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.

    Synonyms: apple, pipfruit

  2. CatholicismA 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.
  3. alternativeAlternative form of pomme (“green roundel in heraldry”).
verbpome (third-person singular simple present pomes, present participle poming, simple past and past participle pomed)

present singular third person pomes · participle present poming · participle past pomed · past pomed

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Pome2

noun
  1. Synonym of Pomeranian (“a breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs”).

    Synonyms: Pomeranian

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

Similar
applepipfruit

nounSynonym of Pomeranian (“a breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs”).

Similar
Pomeranian

More synonyms by meaning

nouna fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part

Similar
false fruit
Broader
fruit
Also see
applefalse fruitpipfruitpomeranian

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpōmum
  2. Old Frenchpome“apple”
  3. Middle Englishpome“fruit, meatball”
  4. Englishpome

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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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 梨果
  • 梨果 (líguǒ)type of fruit
Czech malvice
  • malvicetype of fruit
Dutch pitvrucht
  • pitvruchttype of fruit
Esperanto pomofrukto
  • pomofruktotype of fruit
French piridion, péridium
  • piridiontype of fruit
  • péridiumtype of fruit
  • péridiontype of fruit
German Apfelfrucht, Kernobst
  • Apfelfruchttype of fruit
  • Kernobsttype of fruit
Hungarian almatermés
  • almaterméstype of fruit
Japanese 梨果
  • 梨果 (rika)type of fruit
Polish owoc jabłkowy
  • owoc jabłkowytype of fruit
Portuguese pomo
  • pomotype of fruit
Spanish pomo
  • pomotype of fruit
Tagalog takadtasbunga
  • takadtasbungatype of fruit
Welsh afal, ffrwyth afaleuog
  • afaltype of fruit
  • ffrwyth afaleuogtype of fruit

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pome

homeromRomechromefoampoemgenomeomdometomeJeromecombohmroamnomeholmloambromecromemomerecombzomerehomecome home
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Sounds the same

poem (some pronunciations)poem (some pronunciations)

Anagrams

poemmope
Cite this entry
APA

pome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pome

MLA

“pome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pome.

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