Pomaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pomaceous \Po*ma"ceous\, a. [LL. ponum an apple.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) Like an apple or pear; producing pomes.
        (b) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pome[ae]) of rosaceous
            plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the
            quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as


            well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc.
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     2. Like pomace.
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