Pomonic

Quick meaning: Pomonic is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Relating to fruit, especially apples.

Meaning

(obsolete) Relating to fruit, especially apples.

Example Sentences

What floral and pomonic richness! Gardens of perpetual bloom and orchards in unending fruitage.

Now an apple orchard is a cheerful place; it is spangled with clover; its fruit is of all colors but indigo; it has robins and sparrows; its sturdy arms extend over you in a sort of pomonic benediction and invite you to perch in the Seek-no-further.

Some gallery god once cast an apple at John Kemble while he was stalking through one of the stateliest scenes in Coriolanus. He came down to the foot-lights, holding the pomonic missile in his hand, appealed to the kind consideration of a British audience, and concluded , amidst great applause , by offering a reward of fifty pounds for the discovery of the tasteless malefactor.

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