pomeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), borrowed from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.

発音

• 韻: -əʊm

名詞

pome (複数形 pomes)

1. (botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

   Hyponyms: apple, pear, quince

   The best-known example of a pome is the apple.

2. (Roman Catholicism) 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.

派生語

• pomaceous
• pomiferous

関連する語

• pomegranate