n. The study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit.
n. The study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. That department of knowledge which deals with fruits; that branch of gardening which embraces the cultivation of fruit-trees or fruit-bearing shrubs. Also pomalology.
n. A treatise on fruits considered as esculents.
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n. the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits
Word Usage
"A major Ward 6 concern, he said, is the likely sale by the UI Foundation of the 160-acre Pell Farm, also known as the pomology tract."