pome noun². [pǝʊm] joc. M19.
[Alt.]
A poem.

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pome verb intrans.M17-E18.
[French pommer, from pomme: see POME noun¹.]
Of a cabbage, lettuce, etc.: form a close compact head.

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pome noun¹. [pǝʊm] LME.
[Old French (mod. pomme) = apple, from Proto-Romance fem. noun, orig. pl. of Latin pomum a fruit, esp. an apple.]
1. A fruit of the apple kind or resembling an apple. Now only poet., an apple. LME.
b. Botany. A fruit (e.g. an apple, pear, or quince) consisting of a fleshy enlarged receptacle and a tough central core containing the seeds. L18.

2. A ball or globe, esp. of metal; the orb of sovereignty. LME.

Comb.:
pome-citron (the fruit of) the citron, Citrus medica.

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