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Quince vs Pome - What's the difference?

quince | pome | Hyponyms |

Quince is a hyponym of pome.


As nouns the difference between quince and pome

is that quince is the pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, cydonia oblonga while pome is a type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

As a verb pome is

(obsolete|intransitive) to grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

quince

English

(wikipedia quince)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga .
  • The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

    • Derived terms

    * Japan quince * quince curculio

    Anagrams

    * ----

    pome

    English

    (wikipedia pome)

    Noun

    (en 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.

    • Hyponyms

    * (fruit that develops from the base of a flower) apple, pear, quince

    Derived terms

    * pomaceous * pomiferous

    Related terms

    * pomegranate

    Verb

    (pom)
  • (obsolete) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----