Poem vs. Pome

Poemnoun

A literary piece written in verse.

Poemnoun

A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.

Poemnoun

A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Poemnoun

A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; - contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.

Poemnoun

A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.

Poemnoun

a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Pomenoun

(botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

Pomenoun

(Roman Catholic) 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.

Pomeverb

To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Pomenoun

A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.

Pomenoun

A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

Pomeverb

To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Pomenoun

a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part

Pome

In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Well-known pomes include the apple, pear, and quince.