pomology

English

Etymology

From Latin pōmum (“fruit”) and -ology.

Noun

pomology (usually uncountable, plural pomologies)

  1. (botany) The study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit.
  2. (botany) The study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit.
  3. A work or treatise written on this subject.

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