pomeとは

語源

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

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

動詞

pome (三人称単数 現在形 pomes, 現在分詞 poming, 過去形および過去分詞形 pomed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Further reading

• pome on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• mope, poem, poëm