单词 | pomaceous |
释义 | pomaceousadj.1 1. Of, relating to, or consisting of apples. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [adjective] pomaceous1706 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [adjective] > of or relating to or like apples appley?a1425 pomaceous1706 appled1873 1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 128 Apples and pomaceous Juices, are the greatest Pectorals. 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 58 English Plains Blush with pomaceous Harvests, breathing Sweets. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 7 Lawns, and purple groves Pomaceous. 1861 Temple Bar 1 486 An extra feast of pomaceous trash, in the shape haply of..Clarissa Harlowe. 1917 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily News 10 Sept. 20/1 The average Hoosier with a pomaceous appetite will have to gratify it [sc. hunger for apples] with the dried article. 2. Botany. Of the nature of a pome; of or relating to the Pomoideae (or Pomeae), a subfamily of the family Rosaceae consisting of trees and shrubs which produce pomes, such as the apple, pear, and hawthorn. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [adjective] > fleshy or of the nature of a pome brawnyc1420 pomaceous1845 fleshed1859 1845 Times 14 Mar. 7/1 The distilled water of bitter almonds and of pomaceous seeds yield prussic acid by distillation. 1853 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 4) ii. iv. 422 Pomaceous fruits, such as the apple, pear, quince, services, medlar, &c., yield to none in importance. 1894 C. M. Weed Fungi & Fungicides 44 The twigs of apples and certain other pomaceous fruits are also liable to the disease. 1939 V. R. Gardner et al. Fund. Fruit Production (ed. 2) v. 89 Certain pomaceous fruits, particularly the apple and the pear. 1969 New Phytologist 68 123 Isolates were cultured on potato dextrose, malt or..by inoculation on pomaceous or drupaceous fruits. 1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 1329/2 Some strains of E[rwinia] amylovora infect Rubus spp. and not pomaceous plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pomaceousadj.2 Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Resembling or consisting of pomace. ΚΠ 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pomaceous, like pomace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.11706adj.21828 |
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