Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. · 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. · Alternative form of pomme (“green roundel in heraldry”).
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
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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