pomace noun. ['pʌmɪs] LME.
[medieval Latin pomacium cider, from Latin pomum apple.]
1. The mass of crushed apples in cider-making, before or after the juice is pressed out. Formerly also, cider. LME.

2. Some other thing crushed or pounded to a pulp; esp. the refuse of fish, castor oil seeds, etc., after the oil has been extracted, freq. used as a fertilizer. LME.

3. The head, heart, lights, liver, and windpipe of a sheep or lamb. L17-M18.

Comb.:
pomace-fly = DROSOPHILA.

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