POME

n. Pom. Lat., pomum. Fr., pom me. Ger.. Apfel, Apfvlfrucht. A fleshy indehiscent syncarpous fruit with the calyx attached, and having an outer skin or pericarp, a fleshy mesocarp, and a scaly or horny endocarp inclosing the seeds, as in the apple, pear, hawthorn, etc. The several seeds which it contains may be cartilaginous, as in the apple, or bony, as in the haw. For the Pomece see under Pomacece. [B, 1, 3, 34, 42, 77, 123, 170, 291 (a, 24, 35).] [s. 309]